I guess $2350 for the Gunnar option is in line with paying $1470 for the Salsa Ala Carte bike. That's a $880 difference. The Salsa frame & cro-mo fork sells for $550, the Gunnar w/carbon fork is $1250. So that explains $700 of the $880 difference. The rest of the difference is due to choices I made in the components.
The Salsa bumps up to $1800 if I upgrade it to the same carbon fork, seatpost, tires, and shifters.
And then there is the sub-$1100 Gary Fisher Mendota option.
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