Originally Posted by
roadwarrior
I could be wrong....but I highly doubt you will find a "generic" Specialized carbon frame. The reason is that Merida makes frames for Specialized and Merida also owns a hunk of Specialized. Since they have an exclusive market, why would they sell the same stuff for less and risk a lawsuit? But I've seen dumber stuff than that in the bike business.
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Because the market for multi-thousand dollar frames is a lot smaller than the market for $500-$1000 frames.
So if they can get an extra couple of thousand dollars for little more than a decal, they will.