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£4.5k to spend on a bike.................what would you buy...
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Moots, Se7en or Merlin.
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i'd buy a dh bike for about 3.5k, and then spend some on upgrading my xc bike.
although in reality, i would use that 4.5k to pay of all of my debt
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id buy an asda bike, then with the rest of the money I spend on drugs & hookers.
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Just bought this as an insurance replacement
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a moots cinco or moots ybb
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i'm keeping out of this thread.................
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The 2nd hand multistrada 1100S that is down the road.
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In your boat Ton, I'd get a Turner Sultan and spec it with top draw everything. But I cant see the point when you already have a similar Ventanna, which is a stunning bike.
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£4.5k on one bike. I'd probably go for the Trek Top Fuel 9.9 - the one Armstrong rides and was recently in the Dreambikes thing in MBUK.
I could never understand why anyone would spend so much on a mass production brand - but then I rode one at a demo day. Admittedly I was coming off a 29er but the thing was like a rocketship. 22lbs, full carbon.
Would probably smash it to bits on it's first descent of Jacobs Ladder...
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That new Pace 853 SS hardtail that was at ssuk recently, custom built to fit me.
That would be nice and should leave a bit of change for some nice kit to fit to it.
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A Nomad with nice bits on it, I think.
Assuming I didn't have any overlapping bikes already, of course.
And that I was being forced to spend such a ridiculous amount on one bike.
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can i get it on cycle to work scam and save 2k?
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I couldn't do it, that amount of money on one bike is unjustifiable (to me).
However, I've always been tempted by a DeKerf Implant, if I were going to spend what would be daft money on one bike.
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This thread is a piss take surely ?If you are lucky enough to have that sort of dosh to throw at a bike fine but why show off about it.BTW a £4.5k bike doesn't make you a better rider .
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I'd have to have taken leave of my senses to spend £4.5k on a push bike. I've had a £2.5k bike and it wasn't worth it really. To be honest, I can't ever see me spending much more than £1000-£1200 ever again. The bikes you can get for that price are just as capable as they are at double that price (Save for downhill monsters) they are well specced out of the box, and I don't feel guilty about riding them hard and getting them scratched
I was thinking of doing the Yates framebuilding course too, but when I priced it all up, it was going to be £800-£1000 for a frame that would have been virtually identical to an Inbred. So I bought an Inbred instead. And it's perfect for me.
Ton, you change bikes so often because you're looking for something that will make you ride better. Or faster. Or be perfect. Or whatever. The Holy Grail.
**Newsflash** It's NEVER GONNA HAPPEN.
So, back on topic....
For £3995, right now, in our local Ducati dealers, this is for sale
I'd prefer a red one, but hey... And this is there too - Bang on £4500!
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Se7en
Crikey, do serial killers now make bikes?!
£4.5k on one bike. I'd probably go for the Trek Top Fuel 9.9 - the one Armstrong rides and was recently in the Dreambikes thing in MBUK.The one that now costs £5500? £4.5k won't get you a top of the line bike anymore sadly, a very nice one, but most companies will have a bike above that range.
I'm getting a Top Fuel 9.9, so I guess that... or a Pinarello Prince.
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Most of us agree it's too much to spend on a bike, but I bet a lot of us have also upgraded our bikes to not far off that replacement value anyway.
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A P7 with a 3k hooker
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mmmm, I would ask Sam at Singular to build me a 650b Ti frame with an EBB and a gear hangar.
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Indy Fab Ti Deluxe and lots of XTR.
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I wouldnt spend 4.5k on a mountain bike. I wouldnt even spend 2k on one. On my next big purchase- will be a road bike and I'll keep dragging over all the worn bits onto future mtb builds
Edit- That Dekerf frame looks like it was built/designed by a class of high school boys.
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The Foes 29er version of this;
http://www.foesracing.com/lineup.cfm?view=prolitePosted 2 years ago # -
Doug Pinkrton was going to build me a custom 29er with a mix of Columbus 853 etc for £400
It's just knowing what you want...
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It's just knowing what you want...
Not having a go at Ton, but judging by his turnover of bikes we can probably assume he doesn't know what he wants.
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Wellll.....
I got a nomad with 36s for trail centre/DH, XTR charge duster for XC and rides with the missus and a DMR sidekick with pikes for blating about the local woods and DJ/street.
I reckon that covered about 4.5k. The bike I ride the most is the £800 one.....
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Orange 5 and really fabulous biking holiday somewhere exotic.
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I'd have a hell of a lot of change left over. I'm a £1.5k man, tops.
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I'd buy 2, one for you and one for me!
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Mine..... cos it does what I want. It all depends on were and how you ride. £4.5k means get every bit you've ever wanted and putting it all together how you like. But be warned it will problably not be perfect first go. When I did it I had a real, it must weigh less than 30lbs cos everone say so. Unfortunaly the bike didn't like my 14.5 stone on rock trails. So changed the forks and put a coil shock on (add a few lbs) and its now perfect, oh hold..... I've just ordered a hammerschmidt...........
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None, I'm happy with my current bikes (all sub 1K).
I'd buy a tig welder, a lathe and a milling machine though.
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a carbon custom job 120mm max wet dreem
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visit the poshbikes website and I think it might be possible to muster some components together for 4.5k for a custom...then it would only be used as turbo trainer bike, would hate to see it get dirty
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I'd buy a tig welder, a lathe and a milling machine though.
Now that is an inspirational thought.
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