by "Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
Published 11/18/2017 at 14:14
by "Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
Published 11/18/2017 at 14:14
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"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
11/18/2017 at 14:21, STARS: 0
never heard of scarp..but that a lot of moolah.....i think ill stick to me rebas
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/18/2017 at 14:23, STARS: 0
Yeah, but those shocks look great, I would probably add a guard or something.
"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
11/18/2017 at 14:27, STARS: 0
they dont look nearly 9 grand good tho.
one maybe 2.. yeah fair nuff.... 9..... ahahahhaahahahaahaha nope
"OKcarburetor" (okcarburetor)
11/18/2017 at 14:34, STARS: 2
We sell $10k+ bikes all day long at my shop. I honestly don’t understand the justification. Oh well, I get a paycheck
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
11/18/2017 at 14:35, STARS: 0
That fork alone is about $1,200 off the shelf, add a carbon frame and a shimano xtr group with carbon wheels, $9,000 hits pretty quickly.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/18/2017 at 14:37, STARS: 0
What....how?
I don’t actually do much trail (read: none) I only use my bike for commuting and to think a bicycle can cost so much is incredible. I felt robbed when I paid 600 for my LaPierre!
"OKcarburetor" (okcarburetor)
11/18/2017 at 14:41, STARS: 0
Our average is up to $3000 hahaha. A $6000 mountain bike is the sweet spot somehow.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/18/2017 at 14:45, STARS: 0
Where is your shop though? what should I expect with a 3000$ bike?
My LaPierre has tubeless tyres, 20 gears, hydraulic brakes, and its an aluminum frame.... Yes its a hardtail bike but even so, it was only 600 bucks! What do you get with 5 times that!
I actually want to make my own frame at my college’s machine shop one day!
"OKcarburetor" (okcarburetor)
11/18/2017 at 14:51, STARS: 0
We are in Denver/Wheat Ridge Colorado. Nothing wrong a $600 bike, my commuter is along those lines.
$3000 is mostly just going to get you a carbon frame and higher end/lighter parts.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/18/2017 at 14:55, STARS: 0
Oh, I just checked... yeah it seems like Carbon is the real driver of price...
"JeepJeremy" (jeepjeremy)
11/18/2017 at 17:22, STARS: 0
I walked into a bike shop once...I saw a really, really cool bicycle in the middle of the store (I’m pretty sure it was a TREK bike, a brand that I see a lot of)...sales dude comes up and lays it on heavy (I was genuinely interested in looking at bikes that day but I was in a passive mode)...so I’m like “yeah, yeah, yeah whatevs”...and he says “go ahead: pick it up”....so I did...and it was WEIGHTLESS...impossibly light...so I’m like “what does one of these cost?”...he says “this one is Five Thousand”....and I’m like “WHAT?!? FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS?!?!?”
I walked out.
I’m sure there’s all sorts of reasons for why the price is what it was and there’s all sorts of reasons why I’m not the customer for that item. But gee whiz dude. $5k? For something that I have to pedal myself? F that noise, bro. I’m not trying to win the Tour de France here, man. I’m just putzing around town, ya know? Sheesh.
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/18/2017 at 17:43, STARS: 0
Those forks are Rock Shox RS-1's. They are about $1500 on the aftermarket plus there’s a specific hub for it so that’s extra. As for the bike, it’s a XC race bike - purpose made for racing. Like a race car. Ever seen a cheap purpose built race car?
As for spending thousands on bicycles... guilty. And it’s easily justifiable if you compare a $600 bike to a $3000 bike. Just ride them and you’ll feel the difference. Stiffer frame, stiffer wheels, less rolling resistance, much better suspension and handling characteristics. The laws of diminishing returns kicks in pretty strongly once the pricing gets north of five grand but some bike frames are still worth while given the way they are made and the way they perform.
It’s much the same reason why many punters choose a 3 series BMW over a Toyota Corolla despite the fact that the 3 series is three times the price.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/18/2017 at 17:49, STARS: 0
I’d love cheap racing tho....
I guess it makes sense if you race or do downhill, it’s just my plebeian mind going nuts about the price but my engineering mind going curious about the capabilities.
"Captain Brotatohead" (brotatobrotato)
11/18/2017 at 17:54, STARS: 1
As an elite regional amateur bike racer, I’m the guy with a 5k bike - it weighs 16lbs as it sits and with a few minor tweaks (remove garmin mount - swap out the cages and saddle for something a bit lighter) its at 15.5 lbs. The minimum weight for UCI/Pro bikes is 15 lbs. They make them as light as 12-13 lbs, but if a pro is riding it, they have to add weights - which is silly as hell. For what it’s worth, that 5k bike probably weighed around 15-16lbs - especially without pedals mounted - I can guarantee that it would’ve have been sold with pedals. There’s a lot of variability in clipless pedals/cleat options so anybody buying that bike will already know which pedal they prefer. You were oogling a Corvette, but what you wanted was a Cruze.
I just checked the weight of a perfectly adequate road bike, the Giant Contend 1 with Shimano Sora groupset (it’s the 2nd cheapest of 6 tiers offered by Shimano, ostensibly it’s the 2nd heaviest) weighs in at just under 20 lbs. The quality of shifting wont be as quick or as precise as their race targeted stuff, but it’ll do the job just fine if you’re simply tooling around.
This KTM that’s posted is overkill, but I’d say I wouldn’t spend, err... trust, under 2500 for a full suspension MTB.
"AMGtech - now with more recalls!" (amgtech)
11/18/2017 at 23:29, STARS: 1
I’d love to have that fork. Think it’s about time for a new one anyways...
But screw that, that fork alone is more money than I spent on my whole bike. I love my bike, but I bought it used with a lot of miles on it. Could probably use a new fork, and the way I ride I know I need a new rear shock with a remote reservoir (gets hot from working so hard which kills travel until it cools down again). Parts add up really fast, especially for the good stuff.
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
11/19/2017 at 00:04, STARS: 0
All racing costs money. And cheap is only a relative term in this regard.
As for what many thousands of dollars of bicycle can do...just watch one of the Enduro World Series events. Or Red Bull Rampage. Or one of the UCI Downhill rounds.
Those upside down forks are mostly for XC so you have to watch some of the rounds of the UCI’s XCM or XCO events. This year’s event at Cairns was fairly gnarly stuff.
"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
11/19/2017 at 00:07, STARS: 0
Yeah, I understand the cost! If you race...
Those bikes look proper! but I’ll never need one despite the horrible roads in Mexico City....