Someone eduMicate plz. Was talking to a friend and he said i should have spent the extra cash and got a nicer bike. I WAS WHAT ....I have a nice bike and took me almost twenty years to convince myself to buy it, and yes it's worth every penny but it's not close to some of the bikes that are on the market or on e-bay....14k used, C'mon. What am I missing. Not the ride that's for sure.
no -- he's right your ride sucks
Piece of crap. It isn't even full carbon.
Half stepper. That is what you are my friend.
Now drop and give me twenty!!!
Who makes those wheels? Look sweet!
Kameron, take your frame and wheels to a quality painter and have them painted matt black. Your next year's pre-production, pre-UCI approval frame will now be worth many $1000s more!
$500 should get you this upgrade. Only challenge? You have to keep your mouth shut!
Ben
don't listen to those other losers. I'm gonna play devil's advocate here and tell you that your bike is a'right.
I was seriously looking for a reasonable answers, and sarcasm is really not becoming. Why would one pay over 10K for a bike.
"What am I missing?"
Other than aero wheels that are actually...you know, aero? Nutihn'.
;-)
Seriously, that is a great ride and plenty of bike. I don't understand people who are buying sleds for $10K+. Hell, I don't understand people buying bikes that are over $5K.
I recently scored a Shiv TT module that retailed for over $6K on eBay for $2600. Even that made me uncomfortable and I knew I was getting one of the best TT frames available. $10...$15....$20K bikes? WTF?!?!
That's a nice bike,regardless of what anyone says. It's your bike, you ride it, if you like it, that's all that matters..
And to top it off, the seat stays and fork are all bent up.
Without pedals you're not gonna get very far. Other than that a very sharp ride. Some friend.
My spending limit on last purchase was ~$3k, which buys you a good tradeoff between performance and cost. I can convince myself every 5 or so years to spend that amount. Savings go to travel + riding in nice places.
Seriously, they don't pedal themselves. You got plenty of bike my friend. Your boy is just yer typical dumb American Consumer.
I always like to offer this as a bit of perspective: To the general public, the person who owns five bikes worth $20k looks not much different than the person who owns one bike worth $10k. Enjoy your Pinarello and tell your friend to enjoy whatever bike he spent his hard-earned money on. Let's face it...half the fun is spending the money. Why knock it?
Tai
I refuse to plunk down more than $2k at a pop for a bike. Tell your friend he's been had...and he's a bit of a jack@ss
with things like ebay, on-line forums and the CL I find great deals all the time for stuff that I ride forever
I know...Got this used on e-bay for 3k after doing a lot of searching and the guy just wanted to dump it. He was a runner and could adapt to the sport. That's the problem, just because you owe an expensive bike doesn't make you a good rider. I started on a Cannondale cadd3 and thought that was a really nice bike.
this has been discussed here a mere million f-ing times: "are you worthy of your bike" or "why would you have a high zoot bike" and "99% of racers would be 'just fine' on a $2500 bike."
.... and has morphed into "why do you drive the car you drive" and "why do you live in the house you live in"
If you have an assload of disposable income - or just really like top of the line crap - then what's the problem with a $18K bike? Sure if you have hairy legs, a gut/belly, and a compact crank elitists may scoff at you but who cares?
http://www.reddit.com/r/howtonotgiveafuck/
I just dropped 10-large on a new stove for my new kitchen being build in Jan. Why? #1 - the wife wanted a kick ass stove as a centerpiece of our new kitchen as we cook a ton - like daily and #2 I/we can afford it so what's the problem? I still give thousands to charity(s) and volunteer = I'm able to sleep OK at night.
BTW - you have among the most un-aero deep section wheels made - get some 3Ds or Firecrests already :)
You have a nice bike, really nice bike.
I spent 10K,it got me a full custom ti Carl Strong frame with an over the top Di2/Chris King/HED/Enve composites build. I had it custom painted as well. Furomites have seen pictures of it.
I knew I was spending a lot of $$. My wife giving me the budget to celebrate that I survived cancer, it was treat from my wife(mostly)and myself for the Bulls8t that cancer does to you, as well as all of the caregivers of the patient.
Did I "need" any of the above? The answer is no. I could have riden my "old" bike for another few years with a few new components. I'm two years post my last bone marrow transplant, and coming up on 5 years of survival.
That was my reason for spending 10K, it was not neccesarily bike related.
not missing a thing. srsly. you scored a good one.
that looks like an Allessandro Petachhi sled from a few years back.
I had a CAAD3.... I would have loved to beat it with a sledgehammer... worst ride ever. but luckily I sold it to another fool like me
I doubt that any of us on this forum can honestly say that our cycling performance would be dramatically enhanced by a new $10,000+ ride.
Kameron - you have a great bike (do I really have to say that?) I mean c'mon someone says to you you gotta spend obscene $$$ on a "real" bike and you take that seriously?
Big $$$ do not equal a great bike. I was given carte blanche by my wife to spend whatever I wanted on a dream road bike for my fiftieth Bday (yesterday, btw!!!!) and what did I do? I didnt spend even $10k (OK around $8.7) Got everything I wanted including a kickass frame that has the highest rigidity, lowest weight, best compliance combo I could find. Anywhere. Top of the line group/wheels/bars (no electronic gears thank you) It rides like what it is -- my dream road bike. Point is: you ride for you. Not for anyone else. Dont even think about making a change if youre happy.
Actually at 0 degree yaw, those old Eastons were fast. So to get the most aerodynamic bang, you just need to ride at 30mph or faster, so wind has little impact and the yaw angle stays low. Kind of the same reason Wiggins can race a H3 front wheel which has terrible high yaw aerodynamics.
Also, those older Magnesium Dogma's were freaking sweet bikes. Very expensive to manufacture, which is why Pinarello dumped them as quickly as possible for the full carbon Taiwanese frames.
It has taken me a long time to get past my "I have to ahve the latest / greatest" phase for bikes. Now, a lot of that was always fuled by the fact that I was in in the industry and could get stuff relatively cheaply (if not free).
But there is no doubt I was a bike equipment junkie and needed constant fixes. Still having lots of connections within the biz, I was able to keep my addiction fueled for more than a few years. But as time passed and I didn't want to hassle the dwindling number of connections, (and maybe a small dose of maturity), I have learned to just ride what I like. My main road bike still uses first-gen Record 10 carbon levers (circa 2000). My ti bike has an odd mix of Veloce, Chorus and Athena. Never even think about it when I ride that bike. My tt / tri bike this year was a P2 with Ultegra derailleurs and *gasp* a FSA Gossamer aluminum crank. Didn't slow me down a bit.
My race wheels are still a pair of non-dimpled Zipp 404's from ~2004, although I will admit that the wheel bug has bitten me. I'm probably gonna get a pair of 808's or maybe some Enve's this year....but I also know that those wheels WILL mkae a difference in my race times vs. the 404's.
I have never ridden SRAM road stuff and I never wanna touch Shimano again until they redeign those fugly-ass brifters. Campag 11 is dumb....don't need it.
The one good thing about all the idiots buying super-expensive bikes is that there is inevitably a glut on the 1-2 year old market. Manufacturers always overproduce these bikes and they end up getting blown out at some point....see my acquisition of my Shiv TT for $2600 vs. retail of $6100.
Same applies to golf clubs....you can pick up one or 2 year old designs for less than 1/3 of the original retail, brand new.
If you don't repaint the frame, take the decals off of the wheels.
"The one good thing about all the idiots buying super-expensive bikes is that there is inevitably a glut on the 1-2 year old market."
My first road bike bought in 83 from summer work earnings was 1/2yr old super-duper Gazelle with Campagnolo Record setup. Got it for half it's new price. Sold it 8yrs later for pretty much same moneys I bought it for. Ha!
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