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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

I don't think Italy is up there for the engineering side of things

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (6 children)

I go Italian with a lot of kitchen appliances. My Italian stainless steel frying pan is amazing. Pasta machine obviously. They also make some great shoes and leather products.

I would never trust them with anything of equal or greater complexity to a bicycle.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ask someone who's into race biking what they think of Italian bikes.

To be clear I'm a mountain biker, and Italians have been out of that game for a long time. But it's my understanding that e.g. Bianchi and Campagnolo are very well respected.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, this is fair. It could be that bikes are the upper limit to complexity. :)

Some friends of mine have experiences with very bad Italian bikes, but I think it's a matter of getting what you pay for. My own bad experiences has mostly been with French bikes...

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