if you had 4.5k to spend on a bike, what would you buy, and why?? 8)
Another Jones cos some b'stard nicked mine 🙁
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
KTM 450.
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 🙁
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 🙁
on with wheels 😉 santacruz v10 for calderdale trails 😆
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!
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??
if I were you then the one with the best resale value 😆
A Seven
4 second hand hecklers in different colours and a new pair of spectacles.
4.5k i would be looking at a Museeuw with Super Record.
A Raleigh Activator.
Scott Addict R1 (or LTD if discounted.)
29er moots with the little tiny 1 inch rear suspension bit
Either a Merlin Ti or Blur carbon ... but then I could change my mind 🙂
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'.
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 👿
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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😛 8)
^^^^^That is gopping^^^^^
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?
and i should have said, no plastic bikes included....... 😉
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!
Echo something with an engine in.
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!
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 !!
a ducati
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?).
You can get a 5-bar gate for a lot less than 4.5k Ton....
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.
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 [i]really needs[/i] 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!
OMG! That IS the sexiest bike I have ever seen, ever!!!!! 😯
I WANT IT - NOW!!!!! 😛
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Moots, Se7en or Merlin.
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
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
a moots cinco or moots ybb
i'm keeping out of this thread................. 😯
The 2nd hand multistrada 1100S that is down the road.
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.
£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...
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.
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.
can i get it on cycle to work scam and save 2k?
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.
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
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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.
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.
A P7 with a 3k hooker 😀
mmmm, I would ask Sam at Singular to build me a 650b Ti frame with an EBB and a gear hangar.
Indy Fab Ti Deluxe and lots of XTR.
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.
The Foes 29er version of this;
http://www.foesracing.com/lineup.cfm?view=prolite
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...
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.
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.....
Orange 5 and really fabulous biking holiday somewhere exotic.
I'd have a hell of a lot of change left over. I'm a £1.5k man, tops. 🙂
I'd buy 2, one for you and one for me!
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...........
None, I'm happy with my current bikes (all sub 1K).
I'd buy a tig welder, a lathe and a milling machine though.
a carbon custom job 120mm max wet dreem
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
[i]I'd buy a tig welder, a lathe and a milling machine though.[/i]
Now that is an inspirational thought. 🙂
£4.5k means get every bit you've ever wanted and putting it all together how you like.
I've got expensive taste then 🙁
BigDummy - MemberI'd buy a tig welder, a lathe and a milling machine though.
Now that is an inspirational thought.
Now thats a thought. There are one week residential courses where you have a finished, own-built frame to your taste by the end ton.
You could even call it the TONSKI
Peter does your local ducati dealer takes kidneys/liver.
Honest mint condition and all...
juan, I drove passed our local Ducatti dealer in Manchester and they had 0% finance splashed across the windows. Even I was tempted and I dont have a full bike licence! 😯
Custom Ti frame that had all the best bits of my Soda and my BFe in one, plus 2 sets of forks and wheels (trail & FR setups) and the lightest, strongest finishing kit I could get away with.
Or a Turner dw-RFX when they finally come out...
I've got expensive taste then
If you shop around you can easy get more than a 6K bike for 4.5. I spent about 4.5, picked bits up in sales after christmas (save 50% on my full XTR set), haggled like mad at the LBS for my wheels and got a couple of bits from the states on Ebay (notably the forks, which saved me £400). Not sure on its full retail, but I bet its more £5500. (sound a bit snotty, but its not supposed too, just saying if you shop around you can save a few bob, especally on the higher end stuff where the margins appear to be bigger).
njee20, You must be getting a discount on your fuel, right?
chakaping - MemberIt'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.
you got it 😉
njee20, You must be getting a discount on your fuel, right?
Indeed, still be quite a chunk of cash though, even before I start changing bits around, which I almost certainly will! I will be selling my Epic to cover some of the cost of it, so it won't work out costing very much hopefully. It's difficult to call, but if I didn't get a discount, and had £4500 I'd still get a decent bike, I'd just keep it longer!
I'd probably spend about a grand and a half on a salsa la cruz, and the rest on a good solicitor for when the wife finds out.
belt driven,wicked looks,fashionable wide flat bars.. and HID light conversion.its everything you have looked at in mtb,but on a rocket.
you wont even break a chilly sweat riding it in the crisp winter months.
http://pistonheads.com/sales/1188966.htm
you have enough mountain bikes,now go buy a value for money motorbike! 🙂
its 4995 though.