SRAM Red at $1400?
06-30-10, 07:12 AM
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SRAM Red at $1400?
I've been doing some shopping for an '10 Red group. The lowest prices seem to be on eBay at $1400 for an 8pc group. It's less than retail, but what do you think of the deal?
This isn't about comparing it to other groups, btw. Just about whether this is an attractive deal or not. I've been thinking of upgrading to Red for a while, just monitoring prices lately.
This isn't about comparing it to other groups, btw. Just about whether this is an attractive deal or not. I've been thinking of upgrading to Red for a while, just monitoring prices lately.
06-30-10, 07:55 AM
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That's about $200 better than PBK's best sales and promos for Red. So depending on who the seller is, I'd say that it's a pretty good deal. If it was me, I'd only purchase from an authorized SRAM retailer as any warranty claims have to go through the shop that sold you the component(s), so you might wanna find out if the eBay seller would be able to help you with that should a problem ever arise.
06-30-10, 10:22 AM
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I've been doing some shopping for an '10 Red group. The lowest prices seem to be on eBay at $1400 for an 8pc group. It's less than retail, but what do you think of the deal?
This isn't about comparing it to other groups, btw. Just about whether this is an attractive deal or not. I've been thinking of upgrading to Red for a while, just monitoring prices lately.
This isn't about comparing it to other groups, btw. Just about whether this is an attractive deal or not. I've been thinking of upgrading to Red for a while, just monitoring prices lately.
also, check with tom at gvhbike, the kit calculator is here: https://www.gvhbikes.com/kitbuilder/kitbuilder.php4
06-30-10, 10:48 AM
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pbk has them on sale now. and if you are not idiotic enough to buy into the whole ceramic bearing crap for your BB, you come out at $1250 for an 8pc group ($1375 if you are idiotic enough). problem being, you need to wait for some of the parts to become available. enter code tdfusa for the 10% off
also, check with tom at gvhbike, the kit calculator is here: https://www.gvhbikes.com/kitbuilder/kitbuilder.php4
also, check with tom at gvhbike, the kit calculator is here: https://www.gvhbikes.com/kitbuilder/kitbuilder.php4
care to elaborate?
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pbk has them on sale now. and if you are not idiotic enough to buy into the whole ceramic bearing crap for your BB, you come out at $1250 for an 8pc group ($1375 if you are idiotic enough). problem being, you need to wait for some of the parts to become available. enter code tdfusa for the 10% off
also, check with tom at gvhbike, the kit calculator is here: https://www.gvhbikes.com/kitbuilder/kitbuilder.php4
also, check with tom at gvhbike, the kit calculator is here: https://www.gvhbikes.com/kitbuilder/kitbuilder.php4
06-30-10, 01:48 PM
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Red everything (1090 level), standard GXP BB, tdfusa for 10% off. not all the components are in stock, though
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That's about $200 better than PBK's best sales and promos for Red. So depending on who the seller is, I'd say that it's a pretty good deal. If it was me, I'd only purchase from an authorized SRAM retailer as any warranty claims have to go through the shop that sold you the component(s), so you might wanna find out if the eBay seller would be able to help you with that should a problem ever arise.
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Are we looking at the same website? SRAM Red is coming up at $2003.91 here (10% sale price), and $1840.07 after the additional 10% discount (TDFUSA coupon).
06-30-10, 05:13 PM
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Check out Ribble Cycles too. They offer discount pricing all the time and run addition percentages off during special events. I paid somewhere in the 1300.00 range after 22.00 shipping to the US.
mcjimbosandwich, I'm one of the idiots who went with the ceramic BB. I haven't installed anything yet and my consider using the regular BB. I only paid about 100.00 for the ceramic BB though so I might now be worth making the switch. The ceramic BB also requires a lot of maintenance (greasing every 100 hrs of riding I believe).
Also, I subbed a Force FD and a KMC X10SL Gold Chain rather than Red...
mcjimbosandwich, I'm one of the idiots who went with the ceramic BB. I haven't installed anything yet and my consider using the regular BB. I only paid about 100.00 for the ceramic BB though so I might now be worth making the switch. The ceramic BB also requires a lot of maintenance (greasing every 100 hrs of riding I believe).
Also, I subbed a Force FD and a KMC X10SL Gold Chain rather than Red...
06-30-10, 09:31 PM
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I am not idiotic enough to think my ceramic BB makes me any faster BUT I sure can feel the smoothness.......
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I was thinking about that...there are a LOT of groups on eBay. It would be fine with me...my bike is an 09, so even a new 09 group would be cool. '10 red is good enough for pro riders, good enough for me.
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