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Philstone...I have no issues with folks buying what they want if they can afford it..whether it provides value for money or not. Good on them I say. Afterall, 8k isn't a lot of money to a lot of people.
I was more querying why anyone would pay 8k for something they could get for considerably less with 30 minutes searching on the internet.
That said, since I made my original post it was pointed out that the 8k number wasn't actually correct, so its a mute point anyhow!
You do know Bikeradar is a global site not just UK don't you? Hence a US review with some US spec options.
Might just be some currency conversion differences for all we know.
As has also been said, if Ibis can sell an £8k bike, fair play to them. They're a boutique brand with a high value niche product, so why not? I know I would sell at top whack if I could!!
I'll take two. One for me and one for my man servant.
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The writer, and whoever put him in front of a keyboard, need to DIAF as soon as humanly possible.
That's mental
I'm usually not surprised by prices, I generally think a decent bike that I'll buy for a season is gonna be between £3.5k and £5k, and might need to change wheelset and saddle to be happy.
surprised no one picked up on the first paragraph,
a season? ****er
Lol. Enduro race season, innit 🙂
A pal of mine has the new Mojo HD3 and the frame failed after a few months with a de-bonding issue.
You do know Bikeradar is a global site not just UK don't you?
And indeed a shit one. Anyone who takes a bikeradar review seriously needs a CAT scan.
To be fair, that could be the only HD3 to have ever failed.
My post was about ridiculous prices and biased reviews, which looks to be more a case of dodgy conversion rates by the reviewer, but still an odd review outcome that doesn't match the specifics.
Given that even Mark from Ibis importer 2pure can't figure out how the reviewer got to the $8k price tag, instead of questioning the sanity of paying that for the bike, maybe we should be turning the spotlight on the bozo who scribbled the piece. At school there was a kid who was obsessed with money and how what ever he had cost the most which meant it was the best even though we all knew he was talking crap. I suspect this is the type of person he grew up to be.
To be fair, that could be the only HD3 to have ever failed.
The replacement rear triangle they sent creaks like **** and is very bearing intensive which was something I noticed with several DW link bikes including the one I had several years ago.
The point being that a bike that is as overpriced as the HD3 should not be de-bonding or failing but this seems to be a common theme with several manufacturers that use carbon.
Pity really because apart from the creaking, poor bearing life, de-bonding frames, wierd sizing and being massively over priced it's a superb bike.
The point being that a bike that is as overpriced as the HD3 should not be de-bonding or failing but this seems to be a common theme with several manufacturers that use carbon.
hmmm, my old 2010/2011 mojo HD suffered from debonding, the sleeve the headset fits into and the tube that one of the suspension pivots goes through became unbonded, wasnt a big issue, just cleaned it all up and araldited them back in to place, they were fine for the next few years. And to be fair to ibis they did offer a new front triangle under warranty (outside the official warranty period), I just couldnt be bothered with the faff of stripping the frame and sending back etc, was easier just to araldite everything back into place.
And it did seem to eat bearings at a fair old pace.
Still - i liked that bike, and I suspect the new one is pretty good too.
If it was really £8.5k, assuming safe product life of 3 years, then that works out at £54 a week, or a couple of 'nice' coffees a day. Compared to hobbies like scuba-diving or motor-sports, it's cheap as chips! I'm guessing the market could stand at least a £20k price tag for a really best-ever mountain bike. It's possible that days out riding are some of the most enjoyable in a person's life - so it's pretty much limitless how much folk will pay - especially as we move to more pay-to-ride, resort based riding.
assuming safe product life of 3 years, then that works out at £54 a week,
Those sums only work assuming you don't need to replace parts due to wear and tear, ever.
especially as we move to more pay-to-ride, resort based riding.
I think your sport and mine are two different things. 😕
£54 a week, or a couple of 'nice' coffees a day.
You spend £5 on a coffee? And do that ten times a week?!
Good coffee should be no more than £2.50.