It's crazy how bike companies are raising prices for market positioning and how they're forcing retailers to sell at retail price or else they cut them off. Shimano and Polar does this. And when the new SRAM group came out it was way more expensive than Shimano. It's crazy paying $540 for an SRAM Force STI shifter, and I wonder how SRAM is selling! I expected them to have lower prices because they were the new kid in town and unproven. By the way, does anyone know how well SRAM groups are selling?
When I started road biking in 2003 a Dura Ace STI set cost only $189. Now it's $496 to $379. Thank God there's Probikekit because I don't want to custom build a bike anymore and I'd rather get a deal on a complete bike and customize it or get a complete used one on ebay. My customized 2005 Kestrel Talon ($3718) cost me more than my ebay ($3015) CF Cervelo Soloist Team!
And it's crazy how a 105 brake set now costs over $100 vs $54 previously. Makes me wonder what the prices of the 2007 bikes will be.
I'm forced to be an ebay shopper or savvy web shopper.
My 1st Polar Power Kit cost me only $240. Then they jacked up prices across all retailers to $350 so I bought my next 3 from ebay.
What are your gripes?
When I started road biking in 2003 a Dura Ace STI set cost only $189. Now it's $496 to $379. Thank God there's Probikekit because I don't want to custom build a bike anymore and I'd rather get a deal on a complete bike and customize it or get a complete used one on ebay. My customized 2005 Kestrel Talon ($3718) cost me more than my ebay ($3015) CF Cervelo Soloist Team!
And it's crazy how a 105 brake set now costs over $100 vs $54 previously. Makes me wonder what the prices of the 2007 bikes will be.
I'm forced to be an ebay shopper or savvy web shopper.
My 1st Polar Power Kit cost me only $240. Then they jacked up prices across all retailers to $350 so I bought my next 3 from ebay.
What are your gripes?