a $170,000 bicycle? really?
05-14-21, 12:15 PM
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ugh..... IA FReD DICS is so ugly.... help.... must point .... browser back to Classic & Vintage ......... help....... me.......
i got fairings like like Blue Oyster Cult got cow bell!!
i got fairings like like Blue Oyster Cult got cow bell!!
05-14-21, 01:13 PM
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OP clearly hasn't gotten his Eurobike and tried riding it uphill yet, which is why he's throwing down insults about people with the ability to climb that are far above what his limited imagination and belief in his own fitness makes him think would be the difference.
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05-14-21, 04:40 PM
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I think if I was looking for a new activity I would try to find one that agreed with me. OP doesn't seem to like anything he's learned about cycling in his brief exposure. Hopefully that will change when he has the opportunity to actually ride a bike.
05-14-21, 05:30 PM
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I love how the ad copy goes on at length about how this disc version doesn't suffer all the alleged hassles of rim brakes, lol. Talks about how swapping wheels is a breeze with discs, hah.
Somehow, I'd say if someone's looking at dropping 17k on this thing, they're not umming and ahhing over rim vs disc, and you're probably better off not reminding them how road disc still has a few wrinkles to iron out...
Somehow, I'd say if someone's looking at dropping 17k on this thing, they're not umming and ahhing over rim vs disc, and you're probably better off not reminding them how road disc still has a few wrinkles to iron out...
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05-14-21, 05:58 PM
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The local Eurobike Rep is back in the office it seems.
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05-14-21, 08:37 PM
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Oh man, gotta get me 340 of those.
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Yep, I've noticed that. Maybe Eurobike has a policy against employees pimping their products on public forums.
05-15-21, 12:13 AM
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05-15-21, 10:29 AM
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For those curious on ridiculous bike prices like this because maybe they thought this was a real post from a member, the idea is to make it legal in UCI competition (and maybe elsewhere) you have to sell it to the public but nobody at these companies really wants to build these as they take time and effort and just are silly so why not put it at a ridiculous price so it is legal but nobody is actually going to buy it. Hope, Felt and someone else (and maybe more) have done it for their track bikes.
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05-15-21, 11:39 AM
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To multimillionaires, $170,000 is not much. The hard pard is prodding them to choose to drop it on a bicycle over a cigar humidor or motorcycle.
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05-15-21, 08:13 PM
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Like smelling the Milk a second time after I know its gone bad, I cant help myself! That said I cant understand how people take these obviously troll posts seriously and either try to help this he/she/they out, then begin arguing amongst each other?
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05-15-21, 09:40 PM
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For those curious on ridiculous bike prices like this because maybe they thought this was a real post from a member, the idea is to make it legal in UCI competition (and maybe elsewhere) you have to sell it to the public but nobody at these companies really wants to build these as they take time and effort and just are silly so why not put it at a ridiculous price so it is legal but nobody is actually going to buy it. Hope, Felt and someone else (and maybe more) have done it for their track bikes.
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That bike looks uncomfortable, but if I buy it (using two credit cards), my wife will no longer own purses that cost more than my bike.
05-16-21, 07:59 PM
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It's a typo. Should be $17k.
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05-17-21, 10:47 AM
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Hell yeah! the champion is the one who trains harder, wants it more, and is more genetically gifted. not the one who has lighter expensive wrestling shoes or better gloves. there is a reason the bars show UFC, not Tour De France. Next time I'll throw a joke at my friends "hey, instead of the fights, let's go watch skinny guys in tights ride bicycles"
BTW, I went to a boxing match in the 1984 Olympics in LA. One of the matches had a guy who clearly didn't have the coaching. Aggressive, dedicated (you have to be to get where he was), a great athlete, but from a country that could not afford the resources needed to coach boxing at that level. As I recall, Pernell Whitaker ate him for lunch.
That year, the US took gold in nine out of twelve weight classes and took a medal in two of the three where the US team didn't win gold. So, were the boxers from the US "the one who trains harder, wants it more, and is more genetically gifted", or did they have access to facilities and coaches who were out of reach of other teams?
There is no endeavor in sport where money doesn't help.
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05-17-21, 12:22 PM
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*shrug*
All of my hobbies have insanely expensive things to spend money on, and I exist in the low end of them all.
My turntable? I've got a few hundred $$s all in on a vintage turntable I restored. It works great and I've very happy with it. Yet, there are turntables that cost in excess of half a million dollars.
My cartridge? Measured in the hundreds of $$s. You can spend around $12k on one if you choose.
My speakers? Again, measured in the hundreds of $$. But those with the means can still spend $5-million if they wanted a pair of solid gold speakers.
There will always be items that are beyond the reach of all but the 0.0000001%. The law of diminishing returns will have kicked in long before the price hits the maximum and we're left with gear that's eminently usable.
All of my hobbies have insanely expensive things to spend money on, and I exist in the low end of them all.
My turntable? I've got a few hundred $$s all in on a vintage turntable I restored. It works great and I've very happy with it. Yet, there are turntables that cost in excess of half a million dollars.
My cartridge? Measured in the hundreds of $$s. You can spend around $12k on one if you choose.
My speakers? Again, measured in the hundreds of $$. But those with the means can still spend $5-million if they wanted a pair of solid gold speakers.
There will always be items that are beyond the reach of all but the 0.0000001%. The law of diminishing returns will have kicked in long before the price hits the maximum and we're left with gear that's eminently usable.
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