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Originally Posted by look 171
I wouldn't buy a Pinarello but love me a new Colnago. Any pro level bikes are more then 10k easily.
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You have champagne taste! A fully spec'd Y1Rs is over 17k. (I'd love to try one, but no way could I attack my retirement fund to justify the cost!)
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Originally Posted by Bob Kontak
He has some $$ in bikes but I think $6-7k for one bike is the max.
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Unfortunately, 5-6k is pretty much the lower end of the sweet spot for value/performance of a
new expert level bike. Fortunately, there is a dramatic depreciation for used superbikes.
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Originally Posted by Tobra
I kind of like the old CroMoly Italian road bikes, Aluminum seems sort of harsh to me. I rode a titanium frame bike a few times, very not bad. Never tried carbon fiber, but it is probably like aluminum turned up to 11
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You'd be surprised at how well compliance and damping can be engineered into a C/F bike frame. (Check out the McLaren F1 car flexi-wing!)
As to the Italian steel, well, I own a beautiful race bike from the '80's and never ride it. Technology marches on, and riding it is like using a rotary phone after the pushbutton phone was invented.
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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6
The great thing about expensive bicycles is they depreciate immensely making it easy to get a gently used Felt F2 for 20 cents on a dollar.
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I put together my S-Works Tarmac (SL4) for around 3500 bucks including a decent wheelset by buying a used frameset and a brand new discontinued model groupset and wheels. Even though the frame was designed 10 years ago, it's still more bike than I'll ever realistically justify.
(Unfortunately, it doesn't get ridden much anymore since I bought the Crux! )