Originally Posted by
smashndash
The thread is mostly tongue in cheek. Like I said, I'm in a glass house here. I'm a huge chump. But paying $1500 for a bar/stem that doesn't offer anything special seems a bit chumpier somehow. :shrug:
Like is this bar/stem especially stiff, light, aero or whatever? Available in custom sizing? Made in italy? Not that I can tell.
Oh I agree. It's nuts. But it's like trying to justify some pointless cosmetic trim option when ordering a new car. I mean you can easily get charged a couple of grand for just a different colour. What you are really paying for here is exclusivity. I wouldn't do it, but if I was a massive Willier fan and was building up my dream super-bike then I might think differently. I certainly wouldn't be fitting some generic cheap bar and stem combo on such a bike.