Originally Posted by
VintageTTfan
Thanks for the very informative post. So then would the Mossberg Racelites be considered earlier than the Carlton mentioned above? And how much did these early carbon bikes cost?
While the Mossberg frames weren't earlier than the Carlton, please note that I made the distinction that the Mossberg were "commercially available". In other words, you could go into your local Mossberg dealer and purchase one. By all accounts I've read, the Carlton was extremely limited production and wasn't available to the general public. Basically, it was a team issue frameset used for R&D.
The Mossberg framsets sold for $600 US, while the complete bicycles were $1200 US and $1300 US.