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So Giant quote £6K for [url= http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bikes/model/xtc.advanced.sl/7873/45520/ ]this wagon[/url], which I'm sure is a very nice bike but that is just silly money.
I've seen it touted about the interweb for £4200 which is much better but still daft.
So having spent 5 mins on CRC I've worked out that buying the various bits at [u]retail[/u] would come in at £5300ish, and that's using the most expensive Ritchey post, bars and stem.
With a bit of proper digging I'm sure you could easily drop another £1K off a more or less identical build list, which does beg the question, who the $*%< would pay the full asking price? ❓ 🙄
Someone who likes the idea of the bike being fully assembled and sold to them via a reputable Giant dealer and want's a friendly face to return the bike too for servicing, warranty issues and/or anything else, someone who like's to see a local shop who perhaps stock giant rewarded for hard loyal service he/she might have received in the past, someone who has not got a few hours to sit and look at every component and purchase all on line, then wait for delivery then build it up or take it to a local shop to be built up..
So maybe quite a few would pay the full asking price then...
Me personally, expensive bike purchase, then i'd prob go to a shop too, test ride, change kit on it, have a place for warranty issues etc.
So having spent 5 mins on CRC I've worked out that buying the various bits at retail would come in at £5300ish, and that's using the most expensive Ritchey post, bars and stem.
With or without frame?
What that bike needs is some ruby encrusted odi grips.
If you've got 5 grand to spend on a bike, what's a thousand pound here or there?
Agreed, it's a sporting price
mind, frame is about 1300 at wiggle (list 1500)
[url= http://www.paulscycles.co.uk/products.php?plid=m1b0s2p3752 ]I wonder if this is 2011's similar frame (& decent parts) but fuglier[/url]
Do CRC sell Anthem frames?
It's a common thing with bikes over a couple of grand IME, for some reason manufacturers start adding on a ridiculous amount. The Spesh Roubaix s-works is a good example, it's RRP is about a grand more than the sum of it's parts (at RRP prices), given Spesh will be getting massive volume discounts I just can't understand why they feel the need to rip people off, possibly they just want to keep them at a premium and know they'll sell enough anyway. At least they do a frame only option though which many don't.
Is it anything to do with the fact that prices drop at the end of the year or when new models are introduced?
I specced that up with £1500 rrp for the frame which I know you can get for around a grand.
GG, another £1K on a £5k purchase is err another 20%. I guess you don't need to worry about money so can I interest you in some unobtaniumsnakeoil? 😉 😀
Oh and who'd honestly be happy thrashing around on a [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=48941 ]£200 saddle[/url]?