New carbon bikes into UK

Because it's literally an Alibaba bike with a sticker on it

Impressive investigative work in this thread. Your image overlay says it all.

If someone wanted to really twist the knife they could post links to the alibaba bike/price all over their insta...

They’ll have problems before they even get the bikes.

It’ll pass.

And all the images on IG just grabbed without credit/license - Thought the South Downs Way was familiar;
https://bikepacking.com/plog/south-downs-way-film/

Ha ha, these guys are fucking charlatans.

Best thread I’ve read in ages. Splendid work all round.

They have started following my son on IG should he post Tijs photoshop? I’m not sure how it all works?

Yes

Just let it go. They'll fail miserably under their own steam.

What about the value of LaVita intellectual property? It's absolutely brimming with romantic notions of continental cycling heritage.

Classic thread.

If someone wanted to really twist the knife they could post links to the alibaba bike/price all over their insta...

To follow up on why we don’t need to;
They will face warranty issues and likely to spend on average an extra £200 for every bike with the ZOOM brakes thus creating a smaller profit margin, and potientally require a recall if the brakes continued to fail.

And that’s just the brakes.

It will happen, this is a free £120 worth of information @NickatLaVita

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p47fEXGabaY

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Still can't decide if troll putting in lots of effort or drop shipper putting in little effort.

10/10 effort from the forum.

Ah shit, I'd just pre-ordered one of these.

LFGSS gold
this is the content we are here for.

I wonder what their big inspiration Sheldon Brown would've thought of this thread.

Late to this but enjoyed that immensely. Well played everyone 🤣

I just like the idea someone would make the effort for our entertainment.

It's definitely @RPM.

This thread has been created by the producers of Serial and This American Life

Did LaVita flounce,
or,
were they nuked for un-forumlike behaviour?

My God, it's horrible how people on Alibaba rip off genuine brands nowadays.