Ti Rides Fire Sales
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Ti Rides Fire Sales
Here's some bike's about the same price or little more (not 2x the price at all) as the BD Ti Motobecane.
You don't have to spend 2x the price of a BD Ti ride to get a quality bike. In some cases about the same price. Just carefully shop on eBay and find a great bike at a great price. Which is what I'd do. I have done it and been very happy.
BTW quite a few new Cervelos are on eBay right now, too, at great prices. They had better advertising this year on VS TdF. They must be selling a lotta bikes now - they seem to have gone from unique boutique brand to very Trek-like mass market mass produced.
Here's some of the Ti available right now:
https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Litespeed-Ar...d=p3286.c0.m14
https://cgi.ebay.com/Litespeed-ICON-5...d=p3286.c0.m14
You don't have to spend 2x the price of a BD Ti ride to get a quality bike. In some cases about the same price. Just carefully shop on eBay and find a great bike at a great price. Which is what I'd do. I have done it and been very happy.
BTW quite a few new Cervelos are on eBay right now, too, at great prices. They had better advertising this year on VS TdF. They must be selling a lotta bikes now - they seem to have gone from unique boutique brand to very Trek-like mass market mass produced.
Here's some of the Ti available right now:
https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Litespeed-Ar...d=p3286.c0.m14
https://cgi.ebay.com/Litespeed-ICON-5...d=p3286.c0.m14
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almost $3800 for a ICON with ultegra? I think you can do better than that.
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I'd take it over a Ti Moto from BD with DA any day. And happily pay the extra $grand.
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https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Litespeed-Ar...lenotsupported
17.9lbs for a full Ultegra bike with a EC90 front fork? Damn. My rainy-day 2001 Aluminum Trek 2300 with full 10-spd Ultegra weighs 17.8 lbs.
I thought Ti bikes were light?
17.9lbs for a full Ultegra bike with a EC90 front fork? Damn. My rainy-day 2001 Aluminum Trek 2300 with full 10-spd Ultegra weighs 17.8 lbs.
I thought Ti bikes were light?
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Try a Ti bike on a longish ride and you'll see what Ti is all about. Like RBA magazine wrote a few months ago - if ya want the best all-around bike material go with Ti. You'll be a lot fresher and stronger on the Ti because it won't beat you up like your beer-can-cycle-mobile-Trek.
There's more to a great bike than just weight.
There's more to a great bike than just weight.
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https://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Litespeed-Ar...lenotsupported
17.9lbs for a full Ultegra bike with a EC90 front fork? Damn. My rainy-day 2001 Aluminum Trek 2300 with full 10-spd Ultegra weighs 17.8 lbs.
I thought Ti bikes were light?
17.9lbs for a full Ultegra bike with a EC90 front fork? Damn. My rainy-day 2001 Aluminum Trek 2300 with full 10-spd Ultegra weighs 17.8 lbs.
I thought Ti bikes were light?
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._teamti_10.htm
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Try this instead ... 56cm frame weighs only 16.4 lbs ...
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._teamti_10.htm
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._teamti_10.htm
Anyone have a real-world weight?
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Try a Ti bike on a longish ride and you'll see what Ti is all about. Like RBA magazine wrote a few months ago - if ya want the best all-around bike material go with Ti. You'll be a lot fresher and stronger on the Ti because it won't beat you up like your beer-can-cycle-mobile-Trek.
There's more to a great bike than just weight.
There's more to a great bike than just weight.
Although I'll stick with my carbon fiber main bike and have the best of both worlds, weight and ride.
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That carbon plastic temporary frame ain't the best of both worlds. Light yes. Fairly stiff. But fragile. If I had a plastic frame I'd ruin it within a few months - I'm too hard of frames to risk spending that much money on such a plastic frame.
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Hey Flat - the whole point of this thread was there are good deals on Ti out there without investing in a cheap Taiwanese frame purchased from a company without any customer service or support. Duh.
Try this instead ... 56cm frame weighs only 16.4 lbs ...
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._teamti_10.htm
https://www.bikesdirect.com/products/..._teamti_10.htm
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you're lying to somebody, i don't know if it's too us or yourself. carbon fiber seems to acquitted it self pretty well in the longevity dept.
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my titanium build came out to 18.7 pounds, but the wheels alone are nearly five pounds. a light wheelset could put me under 16!
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