[quote=bedmaker ]I went through some of the above arguments in my head last year before buying my Tallboy LTc.
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So I got the Tallboy and have no regrets. Annoyingly though I haven't used it in months since getting a fatbike My Blur XCc is rarely taken off the garage wall these days - for much the same reason 🙂
If you have that much spare cash you probably will be fairly savvy with your cash
But then you might just realise that other brands offer much better value and at least equivalent quality.
Funny that I see loads of SC bikes under sponsored riders in the magazines and on the web, but very few on the trails. Hmmm, why are they so expensive I wonder.
Yeah, I was just joking. I thought someone had to step up to the plate and be that guy who can't get his head around the fact that some push bikes cost more than some cars etc.
Bwarrrp must be trolling though - Syntace wheels? Why would you care about them if you've got the money. You'd just buy the Enve's, if only because they look awesome and it's bound to get peoples backs up at trail centres and on internet forums.
But yeh, ATGNI types are great. They're happy because they have a really nice bike, and all the poor riders who can ride a bike properly are happy because it gives them an ego boost when they overtake them.
Same with cars aswell - loads of idiots who can't drive properly with really expensive cars. I've lost count of the amount of BMWs and Audis Ive overtaken, have done a few Porsches in the past aswell - and I drive an old Civic!
So yeah, don't get wound up if someone can afford really expensive gear! They're probably doing better than you at work (but worse than you at life in general).
But then you might just realise that other brands offer much better value and at least equivalent quality.
That's due to Jungle, not SC.
I had to run for a piss the other day, and I overtook a chap wearing £100 asics running shoes! I was wearing my converse! ATGNI
I had to run for a piss the other day, and I overtook a chap wearing £100 asics running shoes! I was wearing my converse! ATGNI
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Pmsl!
"Same with cars aswell - loads of idiots who can't drive properly with really expensive cars. I've lost count of the amount of BMWs and Audis Ive overtaken, have done a few Porsches in the past aswell - and I drive an old Civic!"
Did those idiots know they were in a race?! 🙂
Bwaarp - Where do you purchase your clothes from? Asda? I sure hope so. The jeans in Asda are no different from Levis. In fact some of them have an elasticated waist so you don't even need to have a belt saving even more cash!
Im guessing you purchase your shoes from the local bowling alley? When they replace the hire shoes you can probably pick up a slightly used set for £5.00. In terms of R&D a bowling shoe is not much different to a shoe from Asda.
Anyway no point going on. Arguing on the internet is lame. Im away to cycle my Carbon santacruz bike to marks and spencer to purchase my lunch.
Its pretty obvious its a race when I'm flashing my lights at them.
Some of them don't have the right mentality for a fast car though - you've got to own the road, not drive like a pussy.
One of my mates who's got a Scooby never lets anyone overtake him. Saying that, he usually drives fast just to shut his lass up and stop her from twining on at him.
My work colleague buys his lunch from M&S and I ALWAYS beat him at eating, and I get mine from Asda! ATGNI!
The reason why there is a £9k Bronson on sale is because there's an identified market for one. Even if they only sell one...
Some rock stars, bankers or railway executives need expensive toys, right?
Personally, even if I could afford one I still wouldn't buy one for exactly the same reasons why I wouldn't buy a Mercedes S600 or a Lamborghini even if I had the cash.
I'd certainly test ride one though, but if I were in the market for a bike at that price point I'd test ride everything I could get my hands on before parting with cash.
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Bet you don't even use a knife and fork either!
Jesus, what kind of ponce uses cutlery? Probably the same kind bourgeois idiot that wants a 9k bike.
Bet you don't even use a knife and fork either!
Knife and fork? I don't even use my hands. [i]That's[/i] how good I am....
When I started this thread I wasn't berating anyone who has £9k to spend on this bike, good luck to them, I just don't understand how a bike can physically cost this much? Shimano must be banging out thousands of XTR cranks so they can't cost so much due to their small scale production surely? I just can't get past looking at a motorbike with all it's technology and raw materials, costing less than a push-bike.
It doesn't cost that much. It's being sold for that much.
Most I can get the bik builder up to is £8259, I can get the alloy version to £7459 with all the upgrades.
The expensive option is the XX1 kit which isn't everywhere yet. Dropping to XT brings you back to £6000 with the base model back at £4800. This is still up specced from the standard US/World spec as it cames with Hope Hubs, we get cheap shimano on that spec level in the rest of the world.
Certainly over here there are not rooms full of built SC bikes waiting to be delivered like Spec/Trek etc. every part is an option. All SC have done is listed stuff they can get hold of and given it a price. If you spec the brand new top of the line component on every part of the bike it's going up in price.
As with the car thing, I can buy one for £500 but i can buy one for £500,000 both do the same, both based on the same principles.
To add to the anger..
£6000 [url= http://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/Detail/13sjht/stumpjumper/S-Works%20Stumpjumper%20Carbon ]for a hardtail from specialized[/url]
The Sworks Carbon Stumpjumper comes in at £5600 but only has an XX groupset and no carbon wheels.
