Need help with European bike brands.

[Lambda_drive]

There are a dozen brand names here in spain, and I have no clue about them. I´d greatly appreciate some insight on a few of the better European brands. The only brands that I've recognized in spain so far are, Trek, Giant and Scott.

[SAR_boats]

Hey Herold. First off, glad to see you made it to Spain ok.

Second, if you could list the brands that you have questions about it would be helpful.

[BFloFoxRider.]

Get an Orange

[Chris]

Orbea!

[bikerider]

Orbea makes awesome frames, expensive but very nice.

BMC is swiss and also makes some very nice frames.

Then you've all the italian ones that I won't even try and spell...

A list of what your local shops carry would be nice. What part of Spain are you in?

Oh and don't buy a with the Migros name on it.

[dubjay]

Lapierre has some good looking stuff. They're from your neighbors in France.

http://www.cycles-lapierre.fr/lapierre/

[strobelite]

commencal

[Lambda_drive]

Here are the bike brands that I've seen here so far.

Lapierre
Merida
Orbea
Trek
Scott

[OffRoadie]

Merida is a Taiwanese company that is one of the largest manufacturers in the world. They do OEM frames for lots of brands.

[Pickettt]

Orbea is a Spanish company, but most of their bikes are made in China.
Buy a French bike? Yah, okay.

[Dan White]

Check out www.mikebentley.com/bike/bikemfg.htm
It links to many bike mfg's websites

[kanga]

Bionicon is a German company, with a U.S. division. All the engineering and design work is done in-house in Germany, but the bikes in the U.S. are assembled and built here.

[Dino Brown]

1) How much would it cost to "SHIP" the Iron Horse to Spain?
2) Considering the fact you have limited funds, I would probably go with another hardtail. Cheaper!
3) Would it be cheaper to have a bike purchased locally (i.e. Adrenaline/Jenson etc.) and have the bike shipped to Spain? Note: Both dealers are experienced with regard to shipping internationally.
4) Have you tried a bike search using YAHOO Spain? http://es.yahoo.com/
5) How 'bout ebay Spain? http://www.ebay.es/

If you need anything....

[Lambda_drive]

1) How much would it cost to "SHIP" the Iron Horse to Spain?

> I'll have to look into that.

2) Considering the fact you have limited funds, I would probably go with another hardtail. Cheaper!

> They aren't that many full suspension bikes here, so I'd hve to get a hardtail. Though I've kind of had my eye on a cyclocross.

3) Would it be cheaper to have a bike purchased locally (i.e. Adrenaline/Jenson etc.) and have the bike shipped to Spain? Note: Both dealers are experienced with regard to shipping internationally.

> I think it might be cheaper to buy a bike from spain. Adrenaline charges $320 to ship a bike to spain.
http://www.adrenalinebikes.com/faq.html

4) Have you tried a bike search using YAHOO Spain? http://es.yahoo.com/

> I'll give that a try.

5) How 'bout ebay Spain? http://www.ebay.es/

> I don't have an ebay account.
If you need anything....

[Chris]

If your looking at a CX bike, look at the Ridley X-Night.

[BobBurnes]

You forgot:

Identiti
Dialled
Ram
Flow
Orange
RB
Spank

[boludo]

And dont forget...

Felt
Wheeler