Sorry man but that looks Kraptastic... for what they will ask for the bike or the frame they could have done better, specially if it is a special edition. Or at least try to made them look equally smooth that this one, right? (see picture), well a merak like in the picture was like 2000 dollars for the frame back in the day too... but any how, 10 years after frames almost the same price than a merak and they don't even try to at least spend more to make it look slicker... just sad. Not saying the spesh is a bad ok?
The canyon AL frames have awesome reviews but for the price darnnn.... a tiny better finishing would help more IMO. Pretty rough finishing in some expensive aluminum bikes... again not saying AL bikes are bad, I have used pretty much all the materials and my 2 fav rides are a columbus max bike and a Derosa planet that I doubt I will get rid off because I havent find a bike in another material (carbon or aluminum) that gets closer to that ride...
Originally Posted by
cruiserhead
I've seen equally smooth welds on much less expensive hydroformed aluminum bikes. I was impressed by Bianchi's hydroformed aluminum road frames. Even Tiagra and 105 bikes have fantastic paint and welds, and the tubsets are very exotic in shape.
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