Originally Posted by
Montezumas_vipe
I'm still on the fenceline but the XTR on the 9357 does seem to say "steal me". What do you guys feel the resale this bike would have after one year in good condition? I'll probably go all out next year with the TI bike if I can get most of the money into back.
Motobecanes are not going to hold their value all that well. Not because they are a bade bike (they are good bikes) but A) they are cheap to begin with and the buying market is still somewhat skeptical of this brand. So the secondary market is even more so. I think it would be a very poor financial decision to buy one of these bikes only to get the Ti Fly a year later. That is like buying a car and then buying the next model up the next year. You lose a majority of depreciation in the first 5 minutes of ownership.
I would get the 9357 and you will not need to upgrade to the Ti in a year. Yeah, Ti is sexy, but that bike is 85% the same as the 9357.