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As above really.
Apart from the posh S ones I mean
As you say it is largely the higher end ones that they want to sell you.
I have heard tale of people approaching the warranty departments to buy a lower end frame with some success
Try bike scene for spesh website has loads of frames, most of the range at pretty good prices
http://www.bikescene.co.uk/SPECIALIZEDCLEARANCEFRAMES-92.html
Beat me to it. Bike scene. They've always got cheap deals on Spesh frames.
As ever, many thanks
there have been some big changes to the way Specialized do business (reducing operating costs)and so they don't sell off any production frames anymore.
The only frames available aftermarket are the high end "S Works" frames.
They don't even hold "crash replacement" stock anymore, they just offer "assisted purchase" for genuine owners of Specialized bikes involved in an accident.
This is typically a good discount off the retail price of a new bike, not a frame. I recently sorted one of these out for a customer with a damaged Stumpjumper FSR and he got a good deal on a 2014 Enduro Comp
The only frames that are held are now solely for use in genuine warranty claims, which is a legal obligation rather than a "goodwill" gesture which is what the 'crash replacement' scheme was. In the past it was not unheard of for older warranty or spares frames to be sold off, but unfortunately no longer..
I was going to say that it depends how friendly you are with your dealer but I didn't know about this;
They don't even hold "crash replacement" stock anymore, they just offer "assisted purchase" for genuine owners of Specialized bikes involved in an accident.
When I worked in a Spesh dealer we had a few of their warranty frames to sell to regular customers. I work for a manufacturer now and have access to the 'warranty only' stash. Strictly speaking they're not available but it depends who you know.
Wish that was true but the US side of the business tightened things up.
Without POP they won't even consider warranty, let alone crash replacement or sale of excess stock (they don't have any..)
I've spent last 2 years in London focused on sorting out Warranty and crash replacement for Specialized customers through two concept stores.
Can't say anymore on public forum.