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A non-proprietary road bike for $12,500.00. Who are they trying to kid?
https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...alized-aethos/
Except for the weight, I don't see anything too fantastic about it at all. Couldn't the 18 pound version cost about $2,500?
I'm sorry. I really like road bikes - and I like them simple and non-proprietary, just like this - but this price is ridiculous.
https://www.bicycling.com/bikes-gear...alized-aethos/
Except for the weight, I don't see anything too fantastic about it at all. Couldn't the 18 pound version cost about $2,500?
I'm sorry. I really like road bikes - and I like them simple and non-proprietary, just like this - but this price is ridiculous.
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I think it's a neat bike, and a good space for Specialized to showcase/market towards the more subjective aspects that make people want to get out and ride bikes. It'd be interesting to see this design approach applied to something like an Allez sprint disc.
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That is definitely "no go" for me, based on prohibitive price.
But just think about: if you had 50000 USD (or more) revenue per month, or millions dollars in the bank, wouldn't you be tempted to play with that toy?
But just think about: if you had 50000 USD (or more) revenue per month, or millions dollars in the bank, wouldn't you be tempted to play with that toy?
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Sorry, I was using the marketing buzz phrase partly in jest. I thought it was humorous, but not everyone gets my humor. The part that was not in jest was the obvious deficiency (if you think it is a deficiency, that is) that the bike is a "paved road only" bike. I think of gravel bikes as being "all road", meaning that if it looks vaguely like a road, a gravel bike can handle it. That is a point not important to some riders. If I offended you, I apologise.
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I'm not their audience for this, but it's nice to know it exists, just like Lamborghinis and Bentleys.
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Instead, you get all of the issues that come about as a result of it not being correctly, you get horrendous bearings that wear out in 5 minutes, and you get all the pain and frustration of having to sort out the now 14 different crank options, none of which will then fit your next bike that isn't PF30 (because it sucks and you'd never want it again!).
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Be satisfied that you have an entry level bike, and realize that there is no need for a professional level setup with your current fitness level. Keep training! We believe in you!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks but that was 10 years ago when i was 30lbs heavier and riding my son's old Trek MTB.
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It'll look fine on the yacht for rides between the marina and coffee shop. I hope it includes an exotic hardwood case lined with felted virgin Rhine maiden hair.
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Lol, when I was a kid of about 15 I came into a bit of money from a relative. I wanted a really nice sound system. Went to one of the better audiophile level stores in the area and lucked up on a clerk who was on her way out the door. She hooked me up with a GREAT set of JBL monitors, and a really nice Carver amp "off the floor" for less than half of retail. She showed me a couple of other components to "go find elsewhere", so I ended up with an NAD preamp and a few other choice components. It served me well for a long time. The drawback to that being that I have never desired to pony up that manner of money for a sound system again, and nothing I have owned since has held a candle to the sound quality or realism.
I feel the same way about my bikes to a large degree in that, once I rode the really awesome Spec Roubaix my wife got for me, nothing else I have rides that well.
I feel the same way about my bikes to a large degree in that, once I rode the really awesome Spec Roubaix my wife got for me, nothing else I have rides that well.
My first nice setup 35 years ago was built around a Carver amp
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its a Rapha bike!
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