if you had 4.5k to spend on a bike, what would you buy, and why?? 
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£4.5k to spend on a bike.................what would you buy...
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Another Jones cos some b'stard nicked mine
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ti indy fab 29er ss
and if i had any change a steel indy fab cross bike
easiest 4 and a half grand ive spent
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KTM 450.
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EX9 and a lot of bike holidays / trips
Could never own a £4.5k bike as I'd worry too much about damaging it...I'm bad enough when I scratch/ding my Inbred
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V-Max. The easiest of easy buys.
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A Merlin ti frame and loads of bling bits because I miss mine that I sold
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on with wheels
santacruz v10 for calderdale trails 
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on one bike only?
Not sure I could spend that much, even if I had it!
I'd be inclined to be a couple, probably an Intense Slopestyle tricked out with Fox 36s and some lightweight kit, which would speak for about £3k, and the rest on a nice steel hardtail. Though I've got one of the latter already actually!
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KTM 450.
+1
and i'd certainly not buy anything for that kind of money on something what i'd have to pedal!!!.
4.5k do people really spend that much on bikes for rec use??
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if I were you then the one with the best resale value
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A Seven
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4 second hand hecklers in different colours and a new pair of spectacles.
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4.5k i would be looking at a Museeuw with Super Record.
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A Raleigh Activator.
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Scott Addict R1 (or LTD if discounted.)
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29er moots with the little tiny 1 inch rear suspension bit
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Either a Merlin Ti or Blur carbon ... but then I could change my mind
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A Yeti 303. To be used 2 weeks a year, then polished and ogled the rest of the time. I would call it 'my preciousssss'.
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Fisher Superfly for £3.5k and the rest spent on a half decent road bike to help get me in shape over the winter so i can do it justice
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been toying with the idea of a custom steel 29r from dave yates, might even fancy building it myself on one of his courses.
and maybe a new audax/tourer from a custom builder too.anyone gone down the custom route??
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^^^^^That is gopping^^^^^
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Carbon Blur XC with 120 Reba Team Maxle Lites, full XTR, Stans 355s on Pro2s, Easton stem, bars and seatpost and Candy Ti pedals.
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that superco in the latest Dirt looks lovely, and a 37lb build would probably come in around £4.5k...maybe?
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and i should have said, no plastic bikes included.......
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if i had 4.5k to spend on a bike i'd buy...
..a car.
are you guys nuts?
how is a 4.5k bike any more enjoyable to ride than a 2.5k bike?
that questions wasn't rhetorical.
peace out!Posted 2 years ago # -
Echo something with an engine in.
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Fisher 29 superfly.
They look the business.
But then I have a Ti 29er, so maybe if I could find a decent 2nd hand Ducati 748R (or S) in yellow for that money that's what I'd buy - and go racing again!Posted 2 years ago # -
if i had 4.5k to spend on a bike i'd buy...
..a car.
are you guys nuts?
how is a 4.5k bike any more enjoyable to ride than a 2.5k bike?and how is a 4.5k car more enjoyable to drive than a 2.5k car??
And in case you haven't cotton on yet, yes we are nuts !!
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a ducati
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it'd be either a very wealthy or a very silly man that would spend 4.5k on building himself a custom frame with little to no knowledge on frame design, geometry or even what he prefers in a frame (or why?).
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You can get a 5-bar gate for a lot less than 4.5k Ton....
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Oooh, I think I'd have a Cotic Soda, XTR & Hope throughout, an off road tandem and a really nice handmade tourer.
Have you had a look at Ellis Briggs in Shipley Ton?
Recently phoned round a few places enquiring about tourers (Hewitt, Mercian etc) but Briggs seemed the most accommodating and helpful, good bit cheaper than the others as well.Posted 2 years ago # -
Like Nuke, a 1.8 - 2.5k bike would be plenty for me; the rest on a few kick arse weeks riding in places I otherwise wouldn't be able to would be the real fun bit.
Or even keep what I have, add a few upgrades (Fork, Wheelset, nothing else really needs changing, and spend 4k on even more/longer trips away.
After all the riding is the fun bit, the bike is just a means to do it!
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