I would get 2 bikes
Cotic soul, XT/king/hope/thompson
and a Surly Long Haul Trucker
then spend anything left on a nice holiday touring on the LHT 😀
Either of these with new thin Niner carbon forks and fully blinged up
http://www.ninerbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bikes&taxid=97
http://www.ninerbikes.com/fly.aspx?layout=bikes&taxid=271
I was going to say one of these
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but apparently £4.5k isn't nearly enough. 'kin 'ell!
just couldn't do it
£1500ish is my psychological limit
I'd go for one of these
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In "Super" build but only if the Euro became worthless again as they're E6k 😯
have never, and probably will never have £4.5k to spend on a bike.
liar liar, pants on fire
4.5k would prob buy me a great bike but not my dream bike, would need more than that
It would consist of a merlin ti frame then loads of pimped out lightweight bits, new xx kit, carbon or ti everything else, mega expensive wheelset etc etc. Would it be the best bike i've ever ridden of fastest, maybe not, but would still be my dream bike
My bike now is prob about 4 - 4.5k worth and is an amazing bike ( turner 5 spot, lyrics, xtr, carbon stuff etc etc) so for me spending that money on a bike doesn't upset me. I dont drink, smoke or date wimen so have to spend my cash on one vice and it may as well be the one i love !!
radoggair
If i spent £4.5k on a bike, the next £4.5 would be spent on surgery removing my bollocks and her shoe from somewhere North of where they should be.
Nice dream build.
I fancy a Niner Air Carbon, new Next LP Carbon cranks, Tune Rohloff......
I had my dream bike, then they nicked it...not everyones dream bike but it was mine..it may or may not have been £4.5k ❓
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Another one for a Lapierre 920 DH although I'd have to bung in the extra £500 or so.
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£4.5k?????????????
A lot of consusltants opinions on my knee
A knee op to fix whatever they recon is wrong this time
Lots of physio.
Spend the change on getting my forks serviced.
chainline...dude that is fugly! I'm guessing from the daft bars it's a Jones?
Thankyou for your kind words 😆 and yes it WAS my Jones, now it's some scutters, here's another of my ex fugly 135mm Phil WOOD FRONT dishless front hub 8)
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I take it the front tyre is instead of suspension! hub would look ok on a road bike 😉
Hub wouldn't fit tho, too wide. Yes big tyre = suspension but as importantly it rolls over rocks and obstackles because of its size = comfort and speed
You'd soon run out of cash in the DH world. I pimp socom will rush you £6k these days.
This thread reminds me of a question a supply teacher asked us when i was 10 (25 years ago). She asked what would you spend 1 thousand pounds on? I said a VW beatle, a new surf board and some cool alloy wheels, and a trip to Hawaii. Of course not knowing how much stuff cost in the real world, and forgetting that i couldn't drive as i was 10, and obviously insurance wasn't an issue to me either!!!!
I'd love to be able to find a consultant that'd diagnose my knee problems and then provide the surgery and after care all for 4.5K, more like 20K!!!
A lot of people out there don't think anything much about spending 4.5k on a bike, it's pretty common actually. The difference between those that think it's more than they'd ever be able to spend on a bike is that the folk spending that much on a bike are out working, so spending less time either at home on the internet, or at work not getting promoted as they are spending time on the internet. 😆
I have never, and probably will never have £4.5k to spend on a bike. However i do not doubt that over the years i have spent well over £4.5k on bikes and ended up with a bike worth around £4.5k.
1991: Townsend mild steel piece of poo 100
1993: Marin Eldridge Grade: 400
1994: Cannondale M1000: 750
1997: Giant MCM Team: 1200
2006: Klein Attitude, built up with odd bits from here and there: (approx) 750
2009: Kona Jake: 450, Giant Anthem build: (approx) 1100
Grand Total:[b]4750[/b]
[b]Christ!!!!![/b] how the F did that happen!! 😯
...and that's not including parts, clothing etc.
here's how to spend 4.5K +
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...are you seriously telling me [b]that[/b] costs 4.5k?? 😯
b-b-b-b-b-but?
Am I missing something here?
...it's just a black bike, with wheels and some forks.
4.5k?????
4.5k plus (rrp prices) !
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alex - i think it's full retail price would be frightening !
here's a couple of mates' bikes that rrp in excess of 4.5k :
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see a trend developing here ?
That top one is very very nice.
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But I'd be £3000 short 🙁
Yes, what colour is that nice Nicolai with the red decals? Pistachio?
Well seeing as we're doing this...
You don't need to buy an ugly German bike to go to £4500:
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That was £4500rrp off the shelf, add a new seatpost (£170), stem (£70), bars (£100), shifters (£80), rearmech (£175), pedals (£120), chainrings (£100), bar ends (not in photo, £40), skewers (£90), tyres (£90), bottle cage (£60), various bolts (£50), chain (£50), and that leaves nearly £5700 on a Specialized...
Start with the 2010 one and it's going to be over £6000 by the time you make the upgrades. Like it or not, few 'top of the range' bikes are <£4500.
I really think bike and component manufacturers are taking the pi** with prices at the moment.
How can a few tubes of alu or carbon, some pretty low tech parts and pretty basic R+D cost to more than a car or a motorbike?
How can a Ferrari cost 200 times more than a Kia Sorento or something?
This would do for me.
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Chainline - Member
Thank you for your kind words and yes it WAS my Jones, now it's some scutters, here's another of my ex fugly 135mm Phil WOOD FRONT dishless front hub
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**** me Phil that is/was a Fugly hub, here's my better one 😉 in thin wheel mode, the fat one has the same good looking hub.
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i like the large flanged hub better john, your's looks like a cheap formula/quando type thing.
Right a few bottles of wine in and an edit to previous post for those grumbling about money spent on bikes.
Of all the places that i get he "how much" sh1t STW is the last place i would expect to see grumblings about coin spent on bikes. Friends, family, no nothing colleagues yes but STW poor form chaps
