Originally Posted by
Sirrus Rider
I'd ride it, but at the same time I'd look into whether or not Jamis would be willing to replace it.
I emailed Jamis and I've emailed my old bike shop to inquire about how much it'd cost to replace. I have absolutely no idea how much the frameset would cost, especially since they don't sell that frameset alone. They charge $1300 for the Eclipse framset alone, and that bike goes for $3400 fully loaded and has Ultegra components on it. The Aurora Elite has 5700 level components and it goes for $1600. A 5700 group costs about $800 and a 6700 costs about $1500- I know that the manufacturers aren't paying retail for the groups, but it gives me as good a point of reference that I can get. And I'm going to assume that the markup on 6700 is about the same as 5700- probably not true, but it's the best I can do atm.
So for the Eclipse:
$3400 base price - $1300 for the frame - $1500 for the groupset = $600 for the rest of the bike
And yes, I realize that it's not $600 profit, cause there are other components, like handle bars, seats, tires, tubes, wheels, etc, but if we use this as a ball park figure for the Aurora Elite then I can calculate approximately how much the frame should cost.
From the Aurora Elite
$1600 (bike) - $800 (group) = $1000
$1000 - $600 = $400 for the frame.
K, that seems a bit low to me, but probably not off by a lot, so maybe $500 for the frame- with 25% off for crash replacement, it'd bring me to between $300 and $375 for a replacement frame, excluding shipping and assembly costs.
Hmm.