Originally Posted by
bikerjp
That's $4500 on an al bike. I agree that it's not a waste as you can recoup much of that if you wanted to or move it to a new frame, but I'm curious what the allure is. For about the same price you could get a super6 with red. I'm getting a caad because I can get a good bike for the money I'm willing to spend but if I had 4Gs or more I'd probably be looking at a carbon something.
Because not everyone has 4500 to dump right away. If I did, I'd be riding something completely different. This way I can gradually upgrade my CAAD, and maybe one day throw down some money for the BMC or Look frame I'd like... and I'll be done (yeah right, ill find something to upgrade.. lol).
Bike: caad9-4 - 1500.00
DA Cassette: 200.00
DA Chain: 50.00
Eventual purchases:
Look Keo carbons: 500
Carbon bars: 300
Zipp 101's: 1300
Garmin edge 500: 250
SRAM Red crankset: 400
thats 2750 alone. I'm sure I can find some other things to upgrade in the mean time.. derailers, seatpost, TI skewers...
4300.00
I can get FORCE on a BMC Pro Machine for 4200.. but would I have as nice bars? or look keo carbon blades? and wheels? Nope, I get 1700gram eastons... 100 grams less than the cheap rs10's I have stock on the CAAD.
But I get what you're saying.. though, I did ride 2 full carbon bikes before I rode the CAAD and honestly they just felt weird to me. I'm coming from steel, that might be part of it. Believe it or not, it felt flexy like my steel frame. Thats why I felt (FOR ME) the best combination was alu/carbon.