Originally Posted by TimothyH

Only you can say whether it will be worth it.

It was worth it for me.

I have one at Georgia Institute of Technology studying physics and another likely going to art school in two years. The bike certainly wasn't cheap and I could afford it but I still took 30 straight weeks of on-call pay, getting calls at 2:00 AM, to raise extra money for the build.

The bike was a once in a lifetime build and I plan to cycle somewhere in Europe or Asia with it.

Niner RLT 9 RDO, carbon everything, 29'er wheels, Di2, hydraulic brakes, etc.