sojourn

BUT $5555.00?!?
Hmmmmm.....it does come with batteries!

https://www.sbrshop.com/store/product..._term=ccn-0005

Should I just "Pull the Trigger" as the financial apocalypse is wiping out all of mankind anyway....OR, do I hope that the apocalypse passes and prices come down in the next 6 months.....tough choices!

wfrogge

Not a full group either

sojourn

but it does come with batteries!!

wfrogge

And free shipping! Was on the fence until they put that into the deal

sojourn

I think you get everything but the chain.......and cables......hmmmmmmmm......

FlashBazbo

What have they left out? The small paragraph at the bottom of the description lists crank, brakes, etc. Looks like the full group to me.

Lowest price I've seen so far! (First one, too.)

Scummer

Hmm.. nothing to eat for the kids for the next 12 month or this gruppo.
I think I'm gonna order it.

Treefox

That's about the same cost as my three bikes combined.

patentcad

Oh, that'll work. They'll sell lots of those.

That does take the hotly contested and widely coveted Pcad Preposterously Overpriced Bike Crap Trophy, beating out such worthy contenders as Lightweight wheels.

How much you want to bet the 'batteries' are .02 Taiwanese throw away non-alkaline pieces of crap? That would be the fitting final touch right there.

SushiJoe

$15,000 custom LEW wheels still win the SushiJoe Preposterously Overpriced Bike Crap Trophy.

botto 

let's talk about it in 2-3 years.

Flatballer

I think that's the full group except for the chain. Cables have to be included, otherwise it would be kinda stupid. It's not like you can just run over to the LBS and buy some shifter cables...

grolby

Given that people were clutching at their bosoms and exclaiming over the outrageous cost of SRAM Red only a year and a bit ago, I imagine the well-heeled bike weenie will soon be numbed to the cost and, slack-jawed and mumbling, hand over the $5,500.

Treefox

Lets see what electric Record goes for...

What ever happened to that by the way? It started showing up on test rides in magazines long before electric DA...

And once Campy has it, SRAM will have to follow pretty soon too...

And wasn't FSA 'about to' put out a groupset?

patentcad

So you're saying The SushiJoe Preposterously Overpriced Bike Crap Trophy is even more coveted than the Pcad Preposterously Overpriced Bike Crap Trophy?

patentcad

Dude. That crap is Italian. You don't expect it to work do you? Remember those Sidi electric heated footsoles with the remote control? I had three pairs, none of them ever worked. Ooofaaaa.

patentcad

If those inscrutable little Japanese weasels can do anything it's make the best electronic crap on the planet. I think they've established that beyond any doubt.

sojourn

yeah yeah, but the batteries are INCLUDED!

Botto thinks in 2-3 years it'll be priced right........with the global economy tanking, I'm thinking....in 6 months tops.

I do want it though.....just not at this price........besides, all bike stuff is overpriced crap....it just comes down to each buyers perceived affordable over-priced bike crap $$ threshold.

AdReNa_LiNe

dont believe it, they dont even have it in stock. They are just taking preliminary orders and are selling waaay above MSRP

merlinextraligh

gotta admire the business model. The margins are good, and the float is awesome.

Brian Ratliff

Yea, can't you see what's happening? It's a big conspiracy, or shrewd marketing. Campy is watching to see how Shimano's electronic group will sell, and Shimano is watching Campy to determine the strength of the consumer market for 11 speeds.

If Shimano is selling lots of electronic groups, you can bet that Campy's comes out in a year or two. If all the Campy users are rushing to 11 speeds you can bet that an 11 speed Shimano group will be out the next year.

We all should be happy. This is the first significant split between the two companies' offerings in over a decade, since Shimano came out with STI. Throw in SRAM as the third choice and amateur roadie consumers have never had it so good.

rooftest

+1 according to what I've learned. I have a group on order - priced significantly less then that.

grolby

You bought three pairs? Sounds like it worked great. For Sidi.

SushiJoe

Not more coveted; just more preposterous.

patentcad

Actually Mr. Wizard, I bought one pair, exchanged it for two more, then got a full refund after all that. To Sidi's credit, their U.S. distributor was quite cooperative, but it does baffle me that they would put a product that was clearly not ready for prime time. I ride with a guy who until last week was Sidi's local distributor (he dumped them). Virtually NONE of those footbeds ever worked right.