Thread: Bike build, what frame?
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Old 08-03-21, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by chiefsilverback
The Fargo Apex 1 and the Cutthroat Apex 1 have near identical builds, but on paper you're only paying $400 for the build kit on the Cutthroat, but $1300 for the same kit on the Fargo where the frameset is available for $1200...
Yeah, frame costs are crazy and pretty arbitrary. Ive found this especially true with QBP brands.
Pre-pandemic, I could take an AllCity frame, buy components at full retail price online, and build a higher spec bike for the same cost as their drop bar gravel and road full build offerings.

Trek, Cervelo, and many more are similar- the frame price is 80% of the full build's price.
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