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Originally Posted by BumbleBeeDave
Serotta has never done this successfully, IMO. They were getting a good start on it with the Pronto/Fondo, but perhaps way too late. I was originally optimistic about the merger with Blue, who I understood have Asian carbon experience. A $2000-2500 carbon Serotta, designed by Ben here and built in Taiwan, might not have been a bad thing to supply a lower end price-point.
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What does carbon experience mean these days? I picked up a Blue catalog at an Ironman. It was filled with bars, stems, saddles, duffel bags, back scratchers, nose hair clippers, etc., all labeled with Blue's house brand. It looked like they had gone to a Taiwanese bike show and picked fifty products to slap a label on. I would not be surprised if their frames are the same.