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colintrav
Joined: 18 Oct 2009
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 Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:46 am |
Why haven't we ever seen any interviews with those responsible for creating such products and selling them for such OVER EXORBORANT PRICES ...
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Lightweight_RD_-_Rear_Derailleur/5360040339/
Who in there fkin right mind would pay 800 quid for that piece of EQ ...and pair of wheels also on the same site for just under 4 grand
It's time the mags hounded those people ... and ask them why is it really justified
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nicklouseLives Here
Joined: 20 Mar 2003
Posts: 48211
Location: A Yorkshire man in Sweden
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DesWeller
Joined: 05 May 2008
Posts: 279
Location: Frocester Hill
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:07 am |
Why so indignant? It's a free country.
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Cat With No Tail
Joined: 09 Mar 2009
Posts: 1819
Location: The Rock That Got Forgot
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:27 am |
If you are the sort of person with 0% bodyfat, weighing 8stone dripping wet and every gram lost off your bike means that extra 0.01 of a second that could potentially be the difference between winning a big race and not winning, The kind of person who rides with a support crew and has sponsors. The kind of person who considers cycling to be more of a career than a hobby, then you'd have no problem paying £4k for a wheelset and £700 for a spanky rear mech.
If you are properly minted and just want to build the lightest bike you can, because you can, then you'd have no problem paying £4k for a wheelset and £700 for a rear mech.
Don't see why it's a problem? If you've not got £700, go buy an ultegra mech for £40. It's not like you are being forced into paying over the odds for stuff.
If you want the best products, you have to pay the highest prices (generally speaking). This is not a new concept to the world. Get over it.
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tri-sexual
Joined: 21 Mar 2009
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:05 am |
if people want to pay these prices then they are very welcome to
some people will pay over the odds just because its expensive
they somehow think that the more they spend then they will be better, its good marketing
the pleasure is to out ride these people with a cheap bike and watch the suffering on their face after they have spent the last half an hour telling you how great their bike and equipement is and how many seconds they are faster by over 50km by fitting a set of £2000 wheels
all the gear but no ideas!
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Tempestas
Joined: 20 May 2008
Posts: 363
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:25 am |
Geez, in the UK we love a moan don't we?
If we can't buy exotic stuff it's because the world is against us and no-one cares about us in the UK....
Then when we can buy the stuff, we moan like buggery because it's too expensive....
Then when we get it, we make excuses about how the bike wasn't setup correctly by the bike shop....
Buy what you want, ride how you like and enjoy it...or is that not British enough?
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cheehee
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
Posts: 276
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:53 am |
Whoaaa £799 for a rear mech 
That's £299 more than I paid for my roadbike
It's a purdy looking thing for sure, but £799
£799
I'd want some Haribos if I ordered that bad boy 
£799
Cheehee
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projectsome
Joined: 12 Apr 2008
Posts: 674
Location: Bristo (The L is silent ffs) :p
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:00 am |
| colintrav wrote: | Why haven't we ever seen any interviews with those responsible for creating such products and selling them for such OVER EXORBORANT PRICES ...
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Lightweight_RD_-_Rear_Derailleur/5360040339/
Who in there fkin right mind would pay 800 quid for that piece of EQ ...and pair of wheels also on the same site for just under 4 grand
It's time the mags hounded those people ... and ask them why is it really justified |
I would, if I had a £6000+ bike. I'm currently saving. I have £5 so far
The bicycle is a curious vehicle. Its passenger is its engine.
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stubs
Joined: 27 Jan 2007
Posts: 991
Location: merseyside
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:11 am |
Why the jealousy magazines are going to be bl**dy boring if they dont have pictures and articles about expensive bikes and parts. No one would buy a car magazine if it was only about Ford Fiestas people want to read about Ferraris.
Fig rolls: proof that god loves cyclists and that she wants us to do another lap
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MrChuck
Joined: 15 Feb 2005
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:14 am |
| colintrav wrote: |
It's time the mags hounded those people ... and ask them why is it really justified |
What on earth for? These things aren't exactly necessities and they don't have to be justified. It's not like you can't buy 105 or something is it?
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sarkmeister
Joined: 13 Apr 2007
Posts: 62
Location: United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:26 am |
Why get so worked up about this?
If people didnt buy them they wouldnt exist, its as simple as that. Some people are obviously willing to spend a very large amount of money to save a few grams, good for them, its their money they can do what they want with it.
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MacAndCheese
Joined: 06 Aug 2009
Posts: 791
Location: West Sussex
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:31 am |
Mountain biking is hardly the first thing to have very expensive high end kit, at least with this there a quantifiable weight difference here. Take HiFi for exmple, someone might spend that much on a power cable which a lot of people argue makes no quantifiable difference!
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Hercule Q
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Posts: 1752
Location: On the floor by the bar
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:52 am |
i've just bought 5 of them to use as paperweights
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yoohoo999
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 12:55 pm |
Jeez mate, you need to take a chill pill. 
All of your threads are making me feel miserable, so full of hate! Incidentally, the two i've looked at most recently are also focussed around money.
Some people have lots of it, some people do not. Some spend lots, some do not. I thought we had covered this in your other thread?
£800 to some people on a rear mech is absurd, to others it is reasonable for the reward of being able to take another 0.1secs off your 1 mile time.
What do we want?
COMMUNISIM FOR MOUNTAIN BIKERS!
When do we want it?
NOW!
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robertpb
Joined: 14 Aug 2008
Posts: 441
Location: Cranham Essex
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P-Jay
Joined: 18 Jan 2006
Posts: 894
Location: South Wales
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:06 pm |
That lightweight stuff is insane...
But if some "more money than sense" fool whats to drop that sorta coin to save a few grams, or more likely try to impress their friends, let them carry on.
Now, I wouldn't go so far as to say the name is the most expensive part of their stuff but...
Brake pads £40
Wheel bag £70
Spandex roadie suit thing and gloves £176
Skewers £85
Sorry, but all you're getting over above mainstream stuff is posing points.
I'm not going to comments on their derailers and wheels, I know nothing about roadie stuff, I imagine they're good. But I bet Shimano spend more on paperclips that lightweight do on R&D, there's no economies of scale with such a tiny company.
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Paul 8v
Joined: 25 May 2005
Posts: 183
Location: Maldon, Essex
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:58 pm |
| Hercule Q wrote: | | i've just bought 5 of them to use as paperweights |
they'd be rubbish paperweights, they only weigh 120g 
if i was uber rich I'd have one, at the moment I'll just take a wee-wee before I go for a ride to ssave weight
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Hercule Q
Joined: 02 Jun 2009
Posts: 1752
Location: On the floor by the bar
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:23 pm |
thats why i bought 5 and some sticky tape
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yoohoo999
Joined: 11 Mar 2009
Posts: 404
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:37 pm |
I use Fox 40's as paperweights.
I also have a rule that I only use a set of tyres for one ride, then I bin them. Don't see the point in using the same set again once they are dirty. Like wearing the same pair of pants again.
I might start buying a new bike every ride instead, saves me having to pay my slaves to change tyres every weekend.
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bails87
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
Posts: 687
Location: Solihull, United Kingdom
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Posted Thu Nov 12, 2009 2:51 pm |
Do slaves get paid?!
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