frame...
how much would it be........... ❓
£3k plus for something utterly, deliciously bespoke.
What are you buying this time, big fella?
£1k of my own money
£2k of someone elses
£3k of yours
Depends how much cash I had.... i look enviously at gboxx2 nicolai Ions, and they're 4.5k... do include drivetrain mind.
depends on income, if you can afford it and it will make you happy buy it.
How much is a Jones? Theres your answer.
However in practice probably £1500.
I would pay a lot for a decent condition Kirk Revolution
A few hundred secondhand. I'm tightfisted me.
nothing yet mate.
just interested really.
i was talking to a bloke about it today, he does not understand why someone would pay a couple of k for a frame.
got me thinking, for a grand you can buy a very good framed bike.
pretty light, pretty robust.
is the stuff above this any better??
or is it just pose value??
£200
then i can afford the rest of the bike 😆
for a grand you can buy a very good framed bike.
pretty light, pretty robust.
is the stuff above this any better??
or is it just pose value??
That's a tough one. As you say, £1k gets you a whole lot of bike these days! That said, if you were to pay treble that and have something built just for you, to do exactly what you want it to, I would expect it to be that much better. You can buy a suit from Asda for £50 or so. Or, you can go to your tailor (if you have one!) and have a suit made to order for about £700 to £1000 or so. The latter will fit properly, the breaks in the trousers will be spot on and the shoulders will fit [i]just so[/i]. Also, it will have the raffish turnups I am currently trying to bring back in to fashion!
Equally, a bespoke frame, let's say an ultra distance tourer, will fit your body shape better, it will have the braze ons which [i]you[/i] want for what [i]you[/i] are going to do, and that has to be a good thing!
Pays yer money etc.
Not much tbh dont see that much engineering/materials or workmanship to justify £1500+ prices. Think they see you coming personally and they are a rip off - look what Brant /On one can knock them out at and I assume still make a healthy profit.
for a road bike, whatever i can afford, for an mtb i am a bit more reserved, it is going to get trashed quickly
My only restrictions would be.
Can I afford it.
Do i [b]really[/b] want it.
If the answer to both of these is yes then I'll buy it.
Depends on how much you're gonna use it I reckon. I'd be prepared to spend whatever I could afford (and borrow) if I really wanted/needed something. Most expensive frame I've ever bought was my current Tazer and I don't regret it for a second . . . I still look at other frames but I couldn't justify how much I'd lose if I considered another frame swap just for the sake of a change. That said, I bought a rather expensive BMX frame just after Christmas - [url= http://mamadirt.fotopic.net/p62946873.html ]looks the dogs built up[/url] but a combination of it being a tad too long and my zero bmx skills certainly not justifying such expenditure, means that it was replaced even before being ridden properly, by another frame less than one third of the price and hey, [url= http://mamadirt.fotopic.net/p63042739.html ]this one fits[/url] 😛 .
Doesn't really matter- I'd probably baulk though at buying new something expensive that was going to depreciate massively as soon as I'd bought it-
For example, anything by Foes, Scott carbon all mountain frames. 8)
ton - Member
nothing yet mate.
just interested really.
i was talking to a bloke about it today, he does not understand why someone would pay a couple of k for a frame.
Did you explain you'd already ridden/owned all the frames at a lower price point?
I would pay a lot for a Fat Chance shockabilly or Yo Eddy. 300 on xc hardtail and 600 on secondhand dh frame
The problem is, the next best thing is only ever a couple of hundred quid more than what you were drooling over last so it's easy to keep upselling yourself.
I've been known to spend way more than I can afford on a frame before.
Come on Ton spill the beans, my bets are on a Foes 29er or Nicolai custom 29er 😉
just bought a 2010 mojo SL frame - that's the most I would spend.
for a grand you can buy a very good framed bike.
pretty light, pretty robust.
is the stuff above this any better??
or is it just pose value??
Is a Ferrari 458 worth three times as much as a Skyline? I've driven a 575 (sadly not mine) and suspect it might be...
Got a Yeti Carbon, cost £lots. much better than my old Marin. Three times as nice? No. But then laws of diminishing returns must set in at some point.
I wouldn't pay anymore than the market value of a custom made 853 frame which I think is about £650ish at the moment. I am not at all sold on ti frames...
However much Giant would charge me to make an Advanced Anthem SL in XS size 🙂
Upto £500 for a steel frame (although I have spent more)
Upto £1000 for an off the shelf ti frame
upto £1000 for a run of the mill full sus frame maybe £1500 for something a bit special
and up to £2000 for a special ti frame.
My Litespeed would have cost about £2.5k new, which I would never have considered, but I got it for a snip as it belonged to one of the only other guys in the world as lanky as me, who happened to get his team race frames for free. Now I've got it, if I lost it, I guess I'd have to find the money to get another one made, so about £2.5k. 😯
I would only pay 1/2 what I could afford. I don't think I could ride hard on a frame I couldn't afford to replace.
About £1000 max for me but I've never spent that much yet as I've never found a frame I think is worth spending that on.
I have decided as soon as my wedding is out the way (Aug this year) I am getting a Turner 5 Spot. They are about £1900 at the moment so guess thats how much!
[url= http://www.stevepottsbicycles.com/index.php ]Steve Potts Cycles[/url] lots if only I could actually afford one!
I think everyone viewing/posting on this thread would shell out a large lump of their disposable - 200 or 2K...
I bought a road TT frame from the states @$2200....(£1700) They retail over here @ £2700 😯
Only have to build it now 😐
The age old "law of diminishing returns" question...
If I'm spending my money, am I getting technology that works, or just pose value? I'm way more bothered about the former than the latter by the way...
Most I have spent to date on a frame only was £900 (a 2003 Specialized S-Works Enduro when it came out). Would I pay that again? Yes/No/Maybe dependant on the situation...
If I won the lottery on Wednesday, Thursday morning you maye very well find me going straight out to buy a brand spanking new Intense Uzzi, a Cotic BFe, a Niner SIR9 and a few other frames all at the same time though! But until then, it's not gonna happen...
as soon as my wedding is out the way
Romance lives
Most I've paid for a frame was £400 yes £400 for an '07 Nicolai Helius CC 
Don't see the point of paying much more when 2nd had bargains are available like that
if it makes my shiny tart synapses start firing then lots of money, I'd sell organs (maybe even mine) for something really "special"
usually up to 1.5K for a hardtail frame up to 3.5K for a boingly frame, although at the moment I've gone back to reasonably priced frames until I see something I REALLY NEED. 😀
I reckon £2k on a frame and £400 on a shock is about right!!
I reckon £2k on a frame and £400 on a shock is about right!!
i think that sounds spot on too.......... 😉
Mine cost £1200 new.
They now sell them, one year on, for £800.
🙁
stinger
Your talking yourself into it! Keep off the clicker till morning!
titus moto lite exogrid custom
I'd find it incredibly hard to justify more than a grand for a hardtail or 2k for suspension - it's something that will get muddy and crashed and thown in the back of a car.
Do the MX lot spend fortunes on handmade components from exotic materials?
It's easy to justify spending money on bikes you just have to find a mate to help you some up with a spurious need and then it all makes perfect sense.
If I just want something I won't buy it. Once it's an official need, then that's ok and the fact someone else has helped you with it as well makes it seem more reasonable.
Sorry Ton, from the response on here you have lots of NEED, time to get the plastic out!
Thinking the same but wondering whether I could justify a Ti purchase?
Funny I have a SC Blur LT (bought a few years ago and at present don't think i could justify that kind of money again. Although, I'd love a Blur LT or Zesty.
In answer, probably more than I should.
If you want to buy a new frame - get it - don't waste your time justifying it!
RRD - easy! A Ti is a bike for life, therefore it's not a purchase, it's a money saving investment in the long term.
it's a money saving investment
And when she finds out I've spent this months nursery fee's on a Ti456 this will work will it ? 🙂