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Porsche Bicycles
I bought a ton of Porsche stuff from the PO of my 944, and among the items is a shirt that says "Porsche Bikes" on the front, and has a picture of some Porsche bicycles on the back.
Does anyone have info on these bicycles? I'm going to need a bicycle when I move to the city, and if I'm going to have one, it might as well be a Porsche ![]()
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Porsche bikes like their sibling cars, are over priced. Unless your an avid off road mountian biker, you should pay less and get a more reasonable bike.
Still, as a person who rides his bike daily I would love to be able to say my bike is a Porsche. |
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Weren't they recalled?
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I've been reading more about 'em and i think you're right... seems like mostly a novelty thing. Besides, the $1200+ could go towards 944 or 914 parts
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Brand name stuff.
![]() Ferrari makes a bike too - for $10,000. ![]() I was looking around at computer websites the other day and found that Porsche is now designing cases for hard drives.
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Porsche bikes have been available for several years. There are many different types available, but the best known are the FS series mtn bikes ($4000+). The bikes are outsourced (although I don't know who actually makes them). The prices are higher than comparable bikes from known cycle manufacturers. Porsche also 'make' snow skis. Actually, they're made by German-manufacturer Volkl and are re-skinned versions of their P50 and 5Star models. I bought a year old used pair with Marker Motion bindings on eBay for around $100 ($1200 retail!). Used them in Utah last week for the 1st time and they were awesome. The bikes are frequently on eBay but at not much of a discount for some reason.
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Its worse - the "Ferrari" Colnago really is more or less just a branding exercise all around ... its the first Colnago mountain bike I've ever seen (normally they make $5000 road bikes).
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Colnago has made mtn bikes for some time...just not very many and they aren't very good. I remember seeing them in the late 80's when the mtn bike boom was in full swing. The Porsche bikes blow. Ultimate poseur bike. As I recall it was a URT design. blech...
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Really - shows what little I know!
They must have a pretty low profile - so they can't be very good.
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Ultimate poser bicycle for those with "all the gear, and no idea"! You can do better for the same money...
Cheers! Willem Fick
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You can throw BMW into the mix as well. from $200 for the kids bike to $4k for other models.
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Most of these look to be made from scratch, cooooooool.
http://home.pacifier.com/~jwills/pir2001/2001race.htm ![]() ![]()
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