Hello,
Please excuse me for bringing up this subject again. The last round was a bit misinformative and no information surfaced. I am trying again, hoping that the new topic might spark some more interest.
I bought that red-white Diamant frame from E-bay, and wrote about it about a week ago to the list. I got some nice information about Diamant, and in the end when I compared it to one Italian bike one reader pointed out that it might just be a cheap rip-off. This is where I got interested. This post is a bit lenghty, but I would really appreciate some feedback on the subject. I am far from a professional with these things, so I might be way off. Please excuse me if that is the case.
These are the specs of the frame afaik:
Columbus tubing (SL or SP?)( http://img.photobucket.com/
Whole frame: http://img.photobucket.com/
In one earlier CR discussion one reader pointed out that some Diamant frames where in fact, rebranded Italian bikes. ( http:// search.bikelist.org/?SearchString=Diamant&SortBy=MsgDate%5Ba% 5D&pg=1 ) Baron Corpuz.
A bit later I found this link: http://velospace.org/
If you look at the photo with the Designer 84 - decal, you'll see there's quite a resemblance with the Diamant Designer 86-one.
So, since the bike is clearly at least somehow decent, could this just be some blatant ripoff, or is it actually a rebranded Italian bike? I have no feelings for or against, just curious? It would seem weird if fakes in this scale could be made by such a big company as Diamant? I might be wrong, what do you think?
Regards and greetings from Finland, Mikael Gustafsson
ps. and yes, this bugs me.