Originally Posted by
Jipe
From reading this new thread, it seems no one tested a real Moulton, i.e. not a Moulton bike with a Pashley made frame but a bike with a real Moulton frame ?
The BOA made frames are built differently and the high end Moulton use really high end steel especially the stainless steel frames.
The result of this is that they ride much better and weight much less than the Pashley made Esprit, APB, TSR and even SST.
For the price, these bikes are hand built in very small quantities and as many components as possible are made in Europe (parts not made by Moulton like the groupset, handlebar.. are from Italian companies, only parts almost impossible to find from Europe like rims are not made in Europe). Their price is comparable to the price of other high end road bikes fully hand made in Europe (Italy for instance) in very small quantities.
The "Esprit" is not made by Pashley but by Moulton in Bradford-on-Avon.
"Production of the bicycles will initially remain unchanged, so the TSR will continue to be made in Stratford-upon-Avon, while the Esprit, New Series and Double Pylon models will continue to be made at Bradford-on-Avon."
esprit ? Moulton Bicycle Club