Originally Posted by Revtor
If you could find one for cheap (that was quality) or a used one to save you a couple of hundred$, then okay, but a new, $1500 minimum (quality) bike that you know youre going to leave outside and have dogs piss on.. I cant see it. Now on the other hand, perhaps you have a well paying job (I wish) and this is less of a big deal for you.. then okay, forget what I just said and go on with your search.. good luck!! Regardless, definietly get some touring going on, get outta the city for a while! GWB to jersey, up the palisades, over 87 into Nyack and then northward from there
Have fun
good luck!
~Steve
Heh. Yeah. I guess I've never been very realistic about anything. The quote I had from the Chinese builder was around $550 for a frame of my specifications, (with an EBB!) but I was concerned about workmanship. The truth of the matter is that titanium is not a precious metal and is no longer outrageously expensive to refine. The market hasn't caught on to this fact yet, tho, so these frames are overpriced.
Re: Nyack.. Yeah.. have been meaning to do some rides up to Nyack. I go across the GWB on occasion, but I do most of my real (non commuting) rides on the Central Park drive and the west side greenway.