Corratec bikes

xz

Anyone know anything about corratec bikes, found this:






at this site http://www.isport.ie/catalog_roadbikes.asp. its in my budget range, and seems well spec'd, but I've never heard of them, my other choices are a Giant Defy1




or a Trek 1.7









Bear in mind I already own a Giant, and am quite comfortable with it.

Trek picture got blurry when I resized it

Lumen

Corratec are a Bavarian company.

http://www.corratec.com/content/en-gb/products/bikes/road/race/

Looks like the Corones is usually specced with Ultegra.

http://www.trekkingrad-shop.de/corratec-corones-ultegra-team-2008-p-17240.html

..for the same price as 105 in Ireland. Situation normal then.

Nice looking bikes

http://www.bikebiz.com/news/20147/Corratec-bikes-back-in-the-UK

BikeBiz wrote:

We all know in this industry how difficult it is to cover overheads and hold margins. In recognising this, Corratec UK has listed consumer prices at no less than 50 percent mark-up, even if you are purchasing only one item, says New Zealander Frank Clavis of Corratec UK.

[On] our best seller in the range, FreeRide, the margins are even better on most models at 60 percent mark-up. No special deals, just level playing fields.

Trojan

Looks awful....