or about $444.68 a pound
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or about $444.68 a pound
i ran across a luxury and exotic car magazine today and while glancing through the pages i came across a small article ( the first thumbnail below ). the other shots are from the website.
for that price i gotta believe the weight indicated is a typo.
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for that price i gotta believe the weight indicated is a typo.
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12-05-06, 08:47 PM
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I believe its correct...28#. What you are seeing is a hypermarketing branding combo...its like the King Ranch F-150 Ford Pickups. You pay for them to use you to advertise. Its like the little polo player on the shirt. This far exceeds something like Trek, which markets at a premium over some well known and not so well known brands based upon the TDF success (note, this is not a stab at Trek).
I suspect this bicycle is being produced in a limited edition.....as in ...limited to the number of people who want one.
I bet its a real bummer to replace a broken spoke on that thing, and the fenders are not big enough to be practical for touring.
I suspect this bicycle is being produced in a limited edition.....as in ...limited to the number of people who want one.
I bet its a real bummer to replace a broken spoke on that thing, and the fenders are not big enough to be practical for touring.
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You should get this moved over to the road cycling fourm. They would have a blast with this one.
Didn't BMW try something like this? I really like the flashlight strapped to the hb with gum bands on a $12,000 bike.
Didn't BMW try something like this? I really like the flashlight strapped to the hb with gum bands on a $12,000 bike.
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Price per pound. I like it. With the changes and upgrades to my bike, I'm at $131.94 per pound.
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Originally Posted by Monoborracho
I suspect this bicycle is being produced in a limited edition.....as in ...limited to the number of people who want one.
look at the 3rd thumbnail for the “limited edition / build number plaque”
also i think Monoborracho is correct about... “What you are seeing is a hypermarketing branding combo...”
likewise a nod to oilman 15106 :: i believe BMW, hummer, and cadillac have these “brand extensions”.
https://www.cadillacbicycles.com/about.html
( i like the SEFETY typo at the begining of the movie - makes you wonder about the overall quality of the product )
https://www.hummerbikes.com/
jeep probably has ( or should have ) an off road bike tie-in.
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12-06-06, 07:08 AM
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Yeah, the tag says 1/50 meaning one of fifty...when sell number 50 number the next tag will be 51/2,647 or something like that.
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What's all that crap on the front wheel about?
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And for all that moolah you still get an aluminum fork instead of carbon?!? 
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Originally Posted by oilman_15106
You should get this moved over to the road cycling fourm. They would have a blast with this one.
Didn't BMW try something like this? I really like the flashlight strapped to the hb with gum bands on a $12,000 bike.
Didn't BMW try something like this? I really like the flashlight strapped to the hb with gum bands on a $12,000 bike.
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Sounds about like what I was paying for fish just before I sold the boat.
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I can only pray that the BF 50+ members are a little smarter than to buy something like this. I could hardly come up witha spoof thats better. Well, I may try the spoof and put in ebay for sale, then wait for the 100 "is this woth it BF posts". (Sorry I have been ill and am a bit cranky
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The bike weighs a mere 12,8 kg (with conventionally spoked wheels the bike weighs 11,5 kg)....
https://www.koga.com/uk/bike.asp?coll...=53&id=7474177
https://www.koga.com/uk/bike.asp?coll...=53&id=7474177
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so the original article was correct.
i just did a quick math conversion and 12.8K = 28.2 lbs. ouch.
as to the negative comments. i kinda agree - but...
a fool and his money are soon parted.
then again, if you have the money you have the right to spend it any way you want to.
a fair amount of what i read on these pages is too rich for my wallet.
i just did a quick math conversion and 12.8K = 28.2 lbs.
ouch.as to the negative comments. i kinda agree - but...
a fool and his money are soon parted.
then again, if you have the money you have the right to spend it any way you want to.
a fair amount of what i read on these pages is too rich for my wallet.
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Colnago and Ferrari also do one for about $9,000. You can buy one here....https://www.competitivecyclist.com/za...RODUCT.ID=1852. It weighs 6.7kg. MUCH less bike for the money (weight wise that is ).
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