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Originally Posted by look 171
I think with inflation or tariffs, its up to about 18k. My buddy just bought an S work with full Dur Ace and a set of zipp wheels. Neighbor pulled out without looking up the street as he's was coming home (down hill). Broke his S work in half as he went over the hood of the car. Nice bike
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You can break an sworks sl8 or atheos by dropping it against a doorframe. The 700g frame weight comes at the expense of hyper thin toptubes and center downtubes.
I have a non sworks sl8. Its appliance common, but it is as vibrant a ride as a bunch of halo bikes that I've had. Mine has cheap chinese wireless (wheeltop) set to 12spd and uber light chinese wheels with carbon spokes, so less than 1/4 of the sworks DA number.
The current trend towards top end rides that approach 18k or so is just silly. Colnago just released a steel 18 lb bike (steenlnovo) that is 18k. Oddly, the frame itself is cheaper than an sworks sl8, but the SR13wrl and the Bora wheels etc drive the price to nosebleed.