The Cervelo R5ca (Project California) is for sale..
07-14-10, 02:23 PM
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A small part of me wants to get one. Then I started thinking $9800 is a lot to replace because of a crash in a crit. I think I'll stick to the R3SL plan.
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07-14-10, 02:40 PM
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But I'm already saving $4800 for about 200 grams!
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07-14-10, 02:47 PM
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Burning Matches.
Bought a complete bike about a year ago from a shop, I think they were going out of business, for ~$3k. Sold off the Dura-Ace stuff.
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07-14-10, 02:50 PM
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Um... my R3SL came in at 780 grams with everything removed. Add the seatpost clamp, and derailler, and bottom-bracket-shift-cable-guides and it's still 809, with a 54 cm frame. So... it's about 150 gram delta, I would think (54 to 54).
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07-14-10, 03:18 PM
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Burning Matches.
It was a year or two old, at the time... (not that I care), and I had been poking around for a year or two before buying. So yes, it was a good deal, but I'd found other deals - like probikekit or something - for $2400, a year or two before that... so how much is your time worth, both in terms of looking, and in terms of not enjoying a new, presumably better bike?
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07-14-10, 03:37 PM
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As for the time involved in searching, for me, have the fun is in the hunt.
07-14-10, 08:01 PM
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This is the million dollar question. I'm not convinced my next carbon Cervelo, Look, or Time will be "better," and that's why I haven't pulled the trigger. An outstanding deal, like the $1900 closeout S2s at Excel, almost pushed me over the edge last month, but then they sold the last 56.
As for the time involved in searching, for me, have the fun is in the hunt.
As for the time involved in searching, for me, have the fun is in the hunt.
I actually cashed in on the excel S2 closeout before it sold out (bought the last one in my size). I was disappointed because it came with a black fork, not red fork. You didn't miss out.
07-14-10, 08:22 PM
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Wait a tick, that's not the same crankset as in this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjuW...eature=related
Agreed, the crankset on CC is fugly. Much prefer the one in this video. What is it? (You can see it in the video at 0:40)
Agreed, the crankset on CC is fugly. Much prefer the one in this video. What is it? (You can see it in the video at 0:40)
07-15-10, 07:40 PM
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07-16-10, 03:04 AM
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Wait a tick, that's not the same crankset as in this video... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipjuW...eature=related
Agreed, the crankset on CC is fugly. Much prefer the one in this video. What is it? (You can see it in the video at 0:40)
Agreed, the crankset on CC is fugly. Much prefer the one in this video. What is it? (You can see it in the video at 0:40)
https://www.rotorbikeusa.com/agilis_road_cranks.html
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07-16-10, 08:56 AM
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It was obvious. Some are a tad concrete.
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07-16-10, 08:58 AM
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$39 a gram, seems reasonable to me.
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