Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
Funny story. I was looking around for a C3 to test ride in my size. Found one, but it was Di2, and I didn't really want to test ride it. The shop offered it to me for the price of mechanical Ultegra. I begrudgingly went and test rode it. And then bought it. And now would prefer not to own another bike without it.
Nothing wrong with getting a bargain.
I ordered my Emonda in January. it was a Project One so it had to be special ordered. I told the shop owner that I would pay cash up front if that helped with the price. He told me to not get the Bontrager carbon wheels since he was over stocked with Zipps and I wound up with a 27% discount from the retail price.
I originally ordered it with Sram Red 22 mechanical and then next year the shop owner called and offered me the "promo" mini group upgrade for eTap and a great price. After buying the eTap and selling my one year old mechanical it cost me only $800 which is half of the retail price of the mini group.
At the time I was driving a 2001 Civic with 260,000 miles.
I just value a quality bicycle more than a car.