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Paul Cassel
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Jasper Janssen wrote:
>>
>>It's a Record C10 gruppo (2005 model). The price I saw was $339
>>somewhere. The previous owner threw in a spare Ti cassette so I own't
>>need to face this for some time.
>
>
> Would you mind if I asked you how much you paid for this bike? With things
> like Record cassettes thrown in, it sounds like you got a good deal
> indeed.
>
OK, I spent a lot for someone who is a crummy rider, but felt it was a
good deal. This is a Specialized S-Works frame a C4 fork, with all C10
Record gruppo (brakes and shifting mechanism) with Campy Eurus wheels. I
paid $1,700. I thought it a good deal. There are other things such as a
matched Deda carbon handlebar & matching ultra light stem, etc. My
friend estimated the weight at 15 lbs including my very heavy steel spd
pedals. It also has a USE Alien seatpost, and you can imagine the few
other parts.
The frame is 2003 while the components 2004 or 2005.
My logic was that the bikes I saw at the LBS cost within a few hundred
of this bike and had 105 gruppo. I felt for a few bucks more, I'd have a
bike I can't outgrow even if I become very good. Also the Campy C10
Record would, I hope, hold value and work a long time.
>
>
> Well, think of it this way: You are the equivalent of the glass, the
> road's the equivalent of the film, and the bike is merely the equivalent
> of the camera body. Would you prefer an F3 over a Nikkormat FTn, sure.
> Does it help you take better pictures? Not so much. But if you got a
> really good deal on an F5, you'd need to pay the Big Bucks to maintain and
> repair it, which is mainly a case of 'suck it up and deal'. And you're
> right, even the Big Bucks bikes aren't *that* expensive to maintain
> compared to a car or motorcycle habit.
>
Big bucks for a bicycle aren't even chump change for most hobbies
including my lifelong one of motorcycling.
>>
>>It's a Record C10 gruppo (2005 model). The price I saw was $339
>>somewhere. The previous owner threw in a spare Ti cassette so I own't
>>need to face this for some time.
>
>
> Would you mind if I asked you how much you paid for this bike? With things
> like Record cassettes thrown in, it sounds like you got a good deal
> indeed.
>
OK, I spent a lot for someone who is a crummy rider, but felt it was a
good deal. This is a Specialized S-Works frame a C4 fork, with all C10
Record gruppo (brakes and shifting mechanism) with Campy Eurus wheels. I
paid $1,700. I thought it a good deal. There are other things such as a
matched Deda carbon handlebar & matching ultra light stem, etc. My
friend estimated the weight at 15 lbs including my very heavy steel spd
pedals. It also has a USE Alien seatpost, and you can imagine the few
other parts.
The frame is 2003 while the components 2004 or 2005.
My logic was that the bikes I saw at the LBS cost within a few hundred
of this bike and had 105 gruppo. I felt for a few bucks more, I'd have a
bike I can't outgrow even if I become very good. Also the Campy C10
Record would, I hope, hold value and work a long time.
>
>
> Well, think of it this way: You are the equivalent of the glass, the
> road's the equivalent of the film, and the bike is merely the equivalent
> of the camera body. Would you prefer an F3 over a Nikkormat FTn, sure.
> Does it help you take better pictures? Not so much. But if you got a
> really good deal on an F5, you'd need to pay the Big Bucks to maintain and
> repair it, which is mainly a case of 'suck it up and deal'. And you're
> right, even the Big Bucks bikes aren't *that* expensive to maintain
> compared to a car or motorcycle habit.
>
Big bucks for a bicycle aren't even chump change for most hobbies
including my lifelong one of motorcycling.
