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Anyone know anything about this bike? It is a direct-to-consumer CF road bike from a Seattle company. Comes with Apex. Very affordable ($1499). Just was sort of wondering if it should be on the under $1500 road bike list.
https://dragonbicycles.com/products/carbon-road-dragon
https://dragonbicycles.com/products/carbon-road-dragon
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Anyone know anything about this bike? It is a direct-to-consumer CF road bike from a Seattle company. Comes with Apex. Very affordable ($1499). Just was sort of wondering if it should be on the under $1500 road bike list.
https://dragonbicycles.com/products/carbon-road-dragon
https://dragonbicycles.com/products/carbon-road-dragon
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Looks like an OK bike,
but goes on the list of products I would never buy, because of the name.
Appears to be a Dungeons and Dragons reference- past my time.
but goes on the list of products I would never buy, because of the name.
Appears to be a Dungeons and Dragons reference- past my time.
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It’s probably from D&D, but very little of that material is itself original.
As for the bike, I’d never buy a bike from an unknown brand. Better BD or an Allez or similar.
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Yeah, I know. I ride a 56 usually and I'm only 6'1". Hardly XL, in today's world. Nobody is going fast on that bike--unless it is due strictly to gravity...
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Pulling this thread back up.
Has anyone ridden one?
They seem to have sold out inventory.
If it is a decent Chinese made frame with SRAM, and a USA company finishes and ships for $1500 and Warranties 6yrs seems like a good offer.
Prices in line with BikesDirect.
And a local for me.
Has anyone ridden one?
They seem to have sold out inventory.
If it is a decent Chinese made frame with SRAM, and a USA company finishes and ships for $1500 and Warranties 6yrs seems like a good offer.
Prices in line with BikesDirect.
And a local for me.
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Pulling this thread back up.
Has anyone ridden one?
They seem to have sold out inventory.
If it is a decent Chinese made frame with SRAM, and a USA company finishes and ships for $1500 and Warranties 6yrs seems like a good offer.
Prices in line with BikesDirect.
And a local for me.
Has anyone ridden one?
They seem to have sold out inventory.
If it is a decent Chinese made frame with SRAM, and a USA company finishes and ships for $1500 and Warranties 6yrs seems like a good offer.
Prices in line with BikesDirect.
And a local for me.
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FRAME SIZE S/47cm M/50cm L/53cm XL/56cm XXL/59cm
Seatpost-Chainstay Angle 75.5° 74.5° 73.5° 73° 72.7°
This is a really odd geometry measurement. Why are they measuring the angle between the seatpost and chainstay? It should be the angle between the seatpost(seat tube, really) and a horizontal line. Chainstay angles vary and also arent level with the ground.
Also, an XXL frame with only 581mm of stack height is a joke.
Seatpost-Chainstay Angle 75.5° 74.5° 73.5° 73° 72.7°
This is a really odd geometry measurement. Why are they measuring the angle between the seatpost and chainstay? It should be the angle between the seatpost(seat tube, really) and a horizontal line. Chainstay angles vary and also arent level with the ground.
Also, an XXL frame with only 581mm of stack height is a joke.
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Interestingly, it appears to have a braze-on boss should one want to convert it to a double (or even triple.)
Frame weight is "under three pounds which I Hope includes the fork .... Both my Workswells are about 1.2 kg for frame and fork ......
My assumption is that a couple of enterprising young folk bought a bulk order of CF frames/forks from one of the popular manufacturers (I know Workswell spent a lot of time trying to get me to buy and resell frames) and slapped on some adequate parts, and are making a venture into the bike field. Good for them. Lower overhead with lower advertising costs, no need to do R&D, appeal to people who want the same old thing with a unique decal (which is 100 percent a real and smart sales tactic,) and best of all, Kalloy parts .... light, strong, cheap alloy parts where a lot of manufacturers use either overprices CF or off-brand take-your-chances CF.
I cannot see anything wrong with this bike, and for people living in hilly terrain, I don't see why a 44 1x wouldn't work for general riding.
But ... rim brakes in Seattle?
Yeah, nothing wrong with this bike that I can see.
The warranty is comical though ... six-year warranty from a company with less than two years' history? On another hand, when a shop this small gets started, often they will go way out of their way to service customers because word-of-mouth is most of what they have. A big manufacturer can afford to deny a warranty claim, because any one customer is insignificant.
Anyway ... I see lots of negative comments here .... but not much of substance. The only person who owns (or claims to own) one claims to love it.
Why not? $1800 for a 19-lb CF bike with SRAM 11-speed 1x? I'd say that ticks a lot of boxes for a lot of people. Not my style, but if I was looking for a new bike I'd first call and ask about that derailleur boss ... and then I might consider it. After all, it is just a bicycle .... it's not like people haven't figured out how to make bicycles.
Frame weight is "under three pounds which I Hope includes the fork .... Both my Workswells are about 1.2 kg for frame and fork ......
My assumption is that a couple of enterprising young folk bought a bulk order of CF frames/forks from one of the popular manufacturers (I know Workswell spent a lot of time trying to get me to buy and resell frames) and slapped on some adequate parts, and are making a venture into the bike field. Good for them. Lower overhead with lower advertising costs, no need to do R&D, appeal to people who want the same old thing with a unique decal (which is 100 percent a real and smart sales tactic,) and best of all, Kalloy parts .... light, strong, cheap alloy parts where a lot of manufacturers use either overprices CF or off-brand take-your-chances CF.
I cannot see anything wrong with this bike, and for people living in hilly terrain, I don't see why a 44 1x wouldn't work for general riding.
But ... rim brakes in Seattle?
Yeah, nothing wrong with this bike that I can see.
The warranty is comical though ... six-year warranty from a company with less than two years' history? On another hand, when a shop this small gets started, often they will go way out of their way to service customers because word-of-mouth is most of what they have. A big manufacturer can afford to deny a warranty claim, because any one customer is insignificant.
Anyway ... I see lots of negative comments here .... but not much of substance. The only person who owns (or claims to own) one claims to love it.
Why not? $1800 for a 19-lb CF bike with SRAM 11-speed 1x? I'd say that ticks a lot of boxes for a lot of people. Not my style, but if I was looking for a new bike I'd first call and ask about that derailleur boss ... and then I might consider it. After all, it is just a bicycle .... it's not like people haven't figured out how to make bicycles.