motobecane gran premio - hey now.
11-19-10, 09:25 PM
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motobecane gran premio - hey now.
reynolds 725
lugged
sram red
ksyrium equipe
$2000
wo
i spent 1400 on my red group alone.
huge pic
https://bikesdirect.com/products/moto...ed_xi_2100.jpg
side note, might be a repost, i didn't bother to search bc nobody else ever does.
lugged
sram red
ksyrium equipe
$2000
wo
i spent 1400 on my red group alone.
huge pic
https://bikesdirect.com/products/moto...ed_xi_2100.jpg
side note, might be a repost, i didn't bother to search bc nobody else ever does.
11-19-10, 11:13 PM
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I am waiting on their Titanium SRAM Apex bike, supposedly it's coming soon and it has to be cheaper than the $1600 rival one. I'm guessing $1300. $700 of that is SRAM Apex. Practically a free titanium frame. :O
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Once you remove all the spacers and cut the fork down I think it would look pretty nice. Might be a nice century bike? Take a look at the head tube angle though, very steep.
11-20-10, 12:44 AM
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11-20-10, 01:20 AM
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Yeah I was going to say it is like that Masi in every way except for the fact that it is nothing like the Masi
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Looks like a retro-steel bike built by someone who has never seen a vintage bike
11-20-10, 06:15 AM
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I know everyone complains about bikesdirect but sheesh I'd like to know how Mike can offer these prices on this stuff. I'd have to double check but I think retail on the group and the wheels alone is more than the price of the bike.
11-20-10, 06:25 AM
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That's a smooth looking bike. I don't ride retro a whole lot anymore but skinny tubes and lugs still look "right" to my eyes.
Does need the fork cut down some and I'd have picked a different color.
Perhaps some aluminum Campy Centaur?
Does need the fork cut down some and I'd have picked a different color.
Perhaps some aluminum Campy Centaur?
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11-20-10, 06:29 AM
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People on the fixed gear forum are talking like this is the hottest thing ever (the ultegra version of the same bike, anyway). You could easily sell the frameset for $300, possibly more. What you are left with is a Red Group and Ksyrium elite wheelset and a few other spare parts for $1700. I wouldn't want the Ksyiums, so I'd sell those to, and the other components, and probably end up with a Red Group for around $1000.
You could do the same thing with the Ultegra version and end up with a complete Ultegra group for $500.
Edit: too bad the frame doesn't have horizontal dropouts....you could probably sell it as a "fixie conversion candidate" for a lot more that you could sell it as a generic lugged road frame.
You could do the same thing with the Ultegra version and end up with a complete Ultegra group for $500.
Edit: too bad the frame doesn't have horizontal dropouts....you could probably sell it as a "fixie conversion candidate" for a lot more that you could sell it as a generic lugged road frame.
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11-20-10, 07:25 AM
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China labor.
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11-20-10, 07:36 AM
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whats the link to this, i dont see it on the BD site??
11-20-10, 08:06 AM
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If BD or any company offering a retro lugged steel frame bike really wants to be true to the time period, they would offer it in sizes up to a 27" frame (68.5 cm). If you're going to take me back to a time period, then take me back all the way to when bikes fit me off the rack.
These bikes top out at 61 cm. Not even close to today's standard of a large production frame - 64 cm.
These bikes top out at 61 cm. Not even close to today's standard of a large production frame - 64 cm.
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You could always replace the cheap bar/stem/seatpost with the Ritchey classic looking silver finish stuff, stick on some tires with gum sidewalls (torelli or champion or the like), and the vintage seat of your choice, trade the wheels for open pros (and put cash in your pocket) and you'd be pretty close. It'd look more like most of the bikes in the retro bike with modern sti thread.
11-20-10, 10:53 AM
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11-20-10, 03:05 PM
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Looks like crap IMO, especially the black stem and seatpost. The color of the paint just looks bad, the bike as a whole looks cheap IMO.
The orange ultegra one looks a LOT better though.
The orange ultegra one looks a LOT better though.
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