[Closed] 2011 Remedy 9.9 = £6500

new bike i want for pissing about on..

I'd rather buy a motorbike FFS...

It doesnt even come with spokes!

I'm not sure of my size, so I've ordered two

Shame it's not their Alpha Red Aluminium frame as I have a dislike of carbon for mtb's. Else I would have ordered one.

shame it's not their 24ct gold diamond encrusted frame as I have a dislike of carbon for mtbs, else I would have ordered one

Tee hee
Actually you are not far wrong, reminds me of a calc I did a while ago
Silver (todays price)= £382/kilo
Remedy 9.9 = £520/kilo

And a 142mm wide rear hub - is this some new standard that has past me by?

fork doesn't even come with the Kashima coating...

142mm new standard but can be converted to normal rear qr, Kashima coating is not going on 2011 OEM forks I think.

Kashima coating will be on 2012 OEM forks.

😉

ahhh... I see!

And after 1 muddy ride it will be worth £3000 and look trashed...

It would appear that trek is behind it's main rivals in this price bracket, the CRF450, KXF450, SX450 and the YZ450 all make around 53.999 horsepower more at peak power...
Iain

What can you do inflation, give it 3 years that will £8k-£10k easy.

And someone said there's a recession on

There is....I can't afford it.

Next month in the classifieds you'll buy one from ton for a fiver 😉

Obscene its a bike FFS

6.5k......ouch

who the hell is going to pay 6.5k for a trek, its quite nice but maybe 3.5-4k nice!

yeah, definitely no one on here it would seem

I read this yesterday and didn't get it at all (the post that is). Took me until now to realise it says thousand, not hundred 😳

stop press! there are some expensive bikes on the market! 🙄

leggyblonde - Member
stop press! there are some expensive bikes on the market!

i'm all for fancy expensive bikes, but surely nobody can look at the price without doing a doubletake?

This sort of thing is so obviously divorced from any sane idea of value for money that there must be something behind it other than actually selling the bike.

Presumably there are a handful of investment bankers who will actually buy one for personal use, and the rest of it is so that they can say that a £3,000 bike "shares many featrures with the range topping £6,500 model". How many will they even make do we think? 300?

I know people own sports cars for track days, 6.5k is perfectly affordable for some people. It also lets Trek showcase what they can do if they are not limited to mediocre budgets like my own.

but it's not so much a case of whether people can afford it but why you would bother, other than just to show off. and personally a trek wouldn't be that high on my list of showing off bikes even if i was that way inclined.

for half that money you could get an amazing bike - a dream bike to many people.

Why is the 2011 one better than this one?

http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/119043.html

Even accounting for inflation I can't see an extra £1.5k on the 2011 model (I can't see £5k on the 2010 model to be fair)

surely nobody can look at the price without doing a doubletake?

for a top of the range full-sus? wouldn't bat an eye, there are plenty of stock road bikes that cost that and more.

While I'm no where near being able to afford that trek, I can't afford a 200k car or 10mil house either and don't think that they would be worth a similar reaction either,

All that money and no, reflectors, . . . shocking!

Do you think its good value for money ms leggy?

leggyblonde - Member

surely nobody can look at the price without doing a doubletake?

for a top of the range full-sus? wouldn't bat an eye, there are plenty of stock road bikes that cost that and more.

While I'm no where near being able to afford that trek, I can't afford a 200k car or 10mil house either and don't think that they would be worth a similar reaction either,

you must move in vastly different circles to me, then - i used to work in mayfair and even the people who could afford £200k cars would definitely bat an eyelid when one drove past. on the grounds you mention, i'd be interested to know how many of trek's competitors are offering off the peg mountain bikes that are anywhere near that money.

I bought a £4k bike 4 years ago (a 110 Top Fuel) and I think I've had value for money out of it. But now it's sarting to get very tired and I am no longer replacing bits with XTR. I've even chucked on an SLX rear mech and to be honest, it works! If I wasn't poor, I'd love a Whyte E-120 team, but reality means I'll probably get the XT version. THe XT version is still a lot of money (especially if you haven't got much) but if you use it lots or £6500 isn't much to you, then why not!

it's MR leggy 😉 it's probably not fantastic value for money, but considering how much XX costs and how much R&D went into that frame, it's not exactly a rip-off either.

I'd certainly notice a fast car or nice bike, but I wouldn't post a thread saying "OMG, ferrari scuderia is 220K!"

Pinarello Dogma: 6.7K
Trek project one madone: 7.7K
Scott spark limited: 6.7k
Felt DA: 7k

etc etc etc

i'd be interested to know how many of trek's competitors are offering off the peg mountain bikes that are anywhere near that money.

sworks epic 5.7k

And that's dollars converted to pounds, it would probably cost more once shipped over here.

Why is the 2011 one better than this one?

Because it has less gears 😉

Sorry mr leggy 😛 ...I think road bikes are even more of a rip off though so that doesn't really justify it to me.

ooOOoo - Member
Tee hee
Actually you are not far wrong, reminds me of a calc I did a while ago
Silver (todays price)= £382/kilo
Remedy 9.9 = £520/kilo

Haven't seen the weight published, but those figures above put it heavier than my 'cheap' old 2010 Zestey 714!!

£6.5k on a hobby? After all, thats what MTB to most of us is. You do it in the evenings, weekend, holidays etc etc in much the same way people pay golf club membership fees or own track day cars/motorbikes.

It truly baffles me that there are those amoungst us who, despite spending what most of the population regard as an obscene amount of money on a bicycle, are then questioning who would spend that much on a bike! Abit like those that complain about the price of a latte at a trail centre or the cost of parking before riding off on several grands worth of bike.

There is a Pinarello Dogma model with Super Record, SRM power cranks and lightweight wheels. Which must be £8K plus.

They do exist too. The guy I was chatting to at Pealake tea shop a couple of weeks ago had his parked next to us.

Strangely I think it looked crap!

I've ridden the 2010 9.8 Remedy and whilst it's too much travel for my local riding a friend blitzed everyone on the run into Morzine (Passportes Du Soleil) a couple of weeks ago. It has it's place and I think that almost everyone on this forum spends up the limit that they can afford/justify for the riding that they do. Lets face it you're not going to by a Halfords special if you've got £2500 to spend are you?

£4000 for my bike. Ridden twice a week, 52x2x4 = 400, so £10 per ride. Green fees at the local golf club are £25-£45. Personally I think I get value for money. All of a sudden £6500 could be justified to the wife.... Perhaps.....

"Add item to Basket to show carriage costs"

£6.5K on a bike and you have to pay delivery charges!!

I really don't get your view either nickegg. Is there no reasonable upper limit? How about £100k for a pushbike, could you justify that?

I commented because I thought it was unusual. I thought my 2008 remedy at £2000 was expensive. But obviously I'm just a poor fool.