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In Reply to: RE: Is Anyone Here Into Cycling(I know "Sordidman" is)? posted by Sebrof on June 13, 2017 at 18:00:28
Most carbon frames are made in Taiwan(sometimes different brands in the same factory). Hit different Cycling on YouTube such as GCN, Bike Radar, Cycling etc.
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For your budget, you'll find good deals with top quality groups. My Orbea has Dura-Ace Di2 and the new Wilier Zero.7 has e-Tap.
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Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
I tend to buy late model used or a discontinued model at a discount as a starting point and go from there.Bike above was purchased 2 weeks old from a fool in Utah who bought the wrong bike while in Omaha on business(in 2006). The dealer wouldn't and/or couldn't take it back after the guy rode it for a couple weeks.
I forced the guy to give me the dealers name and I convinced the dealer in Omaha to transfer the warranty to me as original purchaser (Trek has a lifetime warranty on plastic bike frames) and I would rid him of this annoying, unhappy customer who was calling him every day to complain about the bike.
He gladly agreed.
That said, 10+ years later NOTHING on the bike is original. Not even the seat post clamp. Originally a Madone 5.2 Ultegra 6600 it's now DuraAce 7800T (triple) currently running wheels (not pictured here) off of a Madone 6.9 with ceramic bearings added.
Rides like a dream, max investment (mostly used parts for upgrades purchased from people I know who have TOO MANY BIKES and WAY to many parts), maybe $3500 tops. Rides like a dream, usually about 75-100 miles a week on average(25 mi. today). The triple crank and upward pointing stem are a sign that the rider is in his seventh decade on this earth.
That said, I'm looking around now for a good, used Cerv
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Ain't that the truth...but for me make that the 6th decade.
My neighbor got a Cervelo last year, very nice bike.
About 5 years ago he came into my garage, we hadn't even met yet. He asked if I knew anything about riding bicycles on the street. :) I loaned him one of my bikes and told him to ride for a while and if he liked riding to take his time and get one. Fast forward a few years and he's on his 3rd bike, is much younger than me and must faster.
They've gone too light and too fiddly now.
Cheers,
John K
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
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