"everything always aligns" surely that's a good sign of engineering quality and not about aesthetics.
Surprising how many manufacturers cant quite manage it. Is it too much to ask for the rear axle, bb shell and pivots match up horizontally and for the headtube to match the seattube vertically whilst lining up with the rear hub's centre.
I had a lapierre once that didnt line up the toptube correctly to the headtube, clearly 2mm to the left, couldn't wait to get rid of it.
I am fortunate to be the owner of a HB 130. The lay up of the carbon is amazing, no paint just clear coat. I also looked at a Deviate highlander (brill bike btw) and was again impressed by quality. They were hand inspecting every frame and had sent a couple back.
Low volume, more time to inspect, aware that 1 bad frame could ruin everything I think tells all about both.
I also had a canyon strive and it was clear where corners were cut.
I had a lapierre once that didnt line up
We had a carbon one which was about as straight as a banana...
would someone like Shand – a small scale manufacturer making all but one entry level model in Scotland and at a high price be of high quality? They certainly look like they are made to higher standards than many
Whilst I'm sure his bikes are very good, I'd say no. One man doing it all, if he misses something, or has a wrong assumption/calculation/design error, who picks it up?.
We had a carbon one which was about as straight as a banana…
Worst I ever saw as a Pipedream steel HT, just couldn't get gears to work at all, they sent him a new one, it was so out of line that they didn't even want it back.
Amazing how many time Pivot has come up in this thread
