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All of them are made in Taiwan.. :P
I've been a bit of a bike forum nut for years now so if I've not even stumbled across a brand, I'm not going to stake 6 months training on it. I'll stick with stuff I know or people I can find and kick in the balls if it goes wrong.
I couldn't decide between the short few I had listed, adding more to the pile isn't going to help :)
Of those I know BH and Orbea. Don't think I've seen an MMR before.
If something goes wrong with an international order it's that much more problematic getting it sorted out. That's why I generally like to stick with frames that are at least distributed by UK companies, so I have a local company to cry to when something goes wrong.
I have done a bit of research, that's how I came up with my earlier list. I found a frame I was ready to buy only for it to disappear because it was too popular. Other options are less appealing as even though they fit, they are more expensive for little benefit.
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That's how I felt with Kinesis when my frame got problems with the rear 160mm rotors... and when I couldn't buy a spare dropout hanger because there is no distributor here in Spain. But they finally got it sorted and sent me a 140 adapter, rotor and dropout hanger a week later.
I could help you with MMR (they are from my home town) if there where something wrong... anyway their frames are Taiwan made :) too. But I understand your fears... lets focus on UK and well known brands then
I got a pile so big that I used material to cut it by half (no carbon for me please), maybe you did it also but should reconsider...
Tarmac 56cm S/R = 564/395
Kinesis Aithein Disc 56cm S/R = 565.8/397Also its lightest alloy disc frameset available for purchase that you can buy in store in UK. (Ok @amey, rear rotor is 140mm but its Di2 compatible and maybe he could even get some sponsoring from them to get a fully built bike for even less)
PS: Why alloy? Well Billy Rice broke his carbon frame at the BB in the TransAm that Mike Hall won...
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German made. There are many bike brands nowadays, you live in an island, you where born in another... you need to realise there is much more crossing to the continent :).
For example here in Spain you get:
MMR Adrenaline SLD
BH G7 Disc
Orbea Avant range
Any they are just the most known... the fact that you may only know Orbea because of the Pro Peloton, doesn't mean that actually MMR is better in quality/price and has Chechu Rubiera working as an designer/engineer
If you want a carbon, hydro disc, di2 bike... you have many models to choose from, just do some research like I did (I'm just copy pasting from a big excell that I filled months ago while looking for my new bike)