Back in March, I'd been doing my "Winter dreaming" again.
I found a carbon road bike that weighs under 8 kilos, kitted out with Campagnolo Chorus, on clearance, advertised at about £1150 (c. $1600, €1400).
Wow, just wow !!!!
(Not many things in life are worth FOUR exclamation marks!)
Just price up a Chorus groupset to see how great that price is.
Worth buying for the parts alone!
In case you are wondering about the price, it was from a "pro" race team that races in the class below the real top end (so not Team Sky, then!), and the team was ending, not entirely unconnected with quite a few of their riders having failed drugs tests. There were a number of bikes, and each had rider names on them, and had been used, but not that much. Some were the riders' number one bikes, and some were the riders' number two bikes, each rider having had two bikes. Sizing was: if there was a team rider about your size, there is a bike (or two) available.
So "proper" racing bikes, then, not poseur's toys.
I found a carbon road bike that weighs under 8 kilos, kitted out with Campagnolo Chorus, on clearance, advertised at about £1150 (c. $1600, €1400).
Wow, just wow !!!!
(Not many things in life are worth FOUR exclamation marks!)
Just price up a Chorus groupset to see how great that price is.
Worth buying for the parts alone!
In case you are wondering about the price, it was from a "pro" race team that races in the class below the real top end (so not Team Sky, then!), and the team was ending, not entirely unconnected with quite a few of their riders having failed drugs tests. There were a number of bikes, and each had rider names on them, and had been used, but not that much. Some were the riders' number one bikes, and some were the riders' number two bikes, each rider having had two bikes. Sizing was: if there was a team rider about your size, there is a bike (or two) available.
So "proper" racing bikes, then, not poseur's toys.
