So I'm pretty much decided that for my 30th bday I'm going to splurge and get an Orbea bike. I am on a (guilt driven) limited budget of ideally $2500ish usd.
The Orbea Liege fits the bill perfectly (alum-carbon frame, carbon everything else and Ultegra cmponents BUT the Orbea Orca frame (customed with Ultegra parts should be around $3300) is really calling out to me .
My question:
1) Is it a bad idea to compromise on grupos and other parts to get the frameset I want?
2) Does anyone know when the 2005 Orbea models come out, which I'm hoping should be soon
3) Any idea how much of a break I would get and when prices of 2004 would be going down?
Thanks for the insight.
The Orbea Liege fits the bill perfectly (alum-carbon frame, carbon everything else and Ultegra cmponents BUT the Orbea Orca frame (customed with Ultegra parts should be around $3300) is really calling out to me .
My question:
1) Is it a bad idea to compromise on grupos and other parts to get the frameset I want?
2) Does anyone know when the 2005 Orbea models come out, which I'm hoping should be soon
3) Any idea how much of a break I would get and when prices of 2004 would be going down?
Thanks for the insight.