Bikesdirect now has Ti bike with Etap!
05-24-16, 02:28 PM
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Bikesdirect now has Ti bike with Etap!
$3200 is out of my price range but it does seem like an incredible deal since groupset + Ksyrium Elite wheels are about $3100
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05-24-16, 02:35 PM
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They also have a CF version for a $200 less but much uglier
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...pcfinferno.htm
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...pcfinferno.htm
05-24-16, 02:36 PM
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Wow, that is quite a deal. I'd sell those 'orrible Mavic wheels, and buy some decent ones, but still. Wow.
05-24-16, 02:36 PM
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05-24-16, 02:49 PM
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05-24-16, 03:18 PM
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They also have a CF version for a $200 less but much uglier
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...pcfinferno.htm
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...pcfinferno.htm
Same frame, different color.
05-24-16, 03:57 PM
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They fix the ugliest bars on those things. And ugly fork and unattractive stem setting. That crank has the oogly and the etap derailleur doesn't really work with the skinny diamond frame either.
Just being vain here but it seems really to make the advertisement pics much more appealing.
Just being vain here but it seems really to make the advertisement pics much more appealing.
05-24-16, 04:08 PM
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They fix the ugliest bars on those things. And ugly fork and unattractive stem setting. That crank has the oogly and the etap derailleur doesn't really work with the skinny diamond frame either.
Just being vain here but it seems really to make the advertisement pics much more appealing.
Just being vain here but it seems really to make the advertisement pics much more appealing.
05-24-16, 04:17 PM
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Half of it is that the image they provide is one of the worse photoshop piece-togethers on an honest-to-god legit merchant site I've seen. Seriously. Look at the crank chainrings, and FD and chain.....complete mish-mash photoshop. They couldn't even be bothered to photograph an actual assembled bicycle.
On many bikes BD does have actual photos. Click on "Gallery Detailed Pics".
Here's an example.
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05-24-16, 08:05 PM
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They also have a CF version for a $200 less but much uglier
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...pcfinferno.htm
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/...pcfinferno.htm
If I had $3,000 to blow I would be all over one of these bikes.
05-24-16, 08:29 PM
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I like the black and red CF bike too but once the bad photoshop was pointed out it's really obvious, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed.
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I'm not arguing that it's not (I love etap), but that's just a typical example of confirmation bias. People who spend a lot of money on something almost always tell themselves and others that it's great to avoid cognitive dissonance. You can't really trust people's reviews for stuff like this, except for negative reviews (something really bad must have happened).
05-25-16, 04:49 AM
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They also have a CF version for a $200 less but much uglier
Save Up To 60% Off SRAM eTap Aero Carbon Road Bikes - Motobecane Le Champion CF Inferno
Save Up To 60% Off SRAM eTap Aero Carbon Road Bikes - Motobecane Le Champion CF Inferno
05-25-16, 04:51 AM
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I'm not arguing that it's not (I love etap), but that's just a typical example of confirmation bias. People who spend a lot of money on something almost always tell themselves and others that it's great to avoid cognitive dissonance. You can't really trust people's reviews for stuff like this, except for negative reviews (something really bad must have happened).
That bike in the OP is gorgeous.
05-25-16, 06:58 AM
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What few notice or mention is that even on new frames....they tend to either be Di2/EPS compatible or steel-cable compatible, and never both. You buy a frame and get Di2/EPS and hate it, you can't go back without buying another frameset.
