Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

[Damian Sanders]

The price of a new bike with decent parts on it. Fucking absurd.

Pricing on complete bikes is pretty out of control these days. Custom is really the way to go:

Frame: $1000
Fork: $500
Wheels/tires: $500
Groupo: $500-$1000
Cockpit w/dropper: $500

That's a pretty high end bike for $2500 or so.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Pricing on complete bikes is pretty out of control these days. Custom is really the way to go:

Frame: $1000
Fork: $500
Wheels/tires: $500
Groupo: $500-$1000
Cockpit w/dropper: $500

That's a pretty high end bike for $2500 or so.

If you add up your pricing it's $3000-$3500 you retard.

[Dantheman]

Math is hard. I'd also love to know what "high-end" frame/shock combo you can get new for $1,000.

[evdog]

[IMG] I'd also love to know what "high-end" frame/shock combo you can get new for $1,000.

A hardtail?

[HankScorpio]

Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

Tires that last more than few hundred miles would be nice. My car tires are almost as much as my bike tires and they last 40,000 miles.

[muted]

I'd like to rant about the complete lack of this question getting asked to me in bike shops.

Seriously, I'd pay extra for that. It would be so worth it.

Wear a nice skirt, maybe it will happen.

And for the record, it was "Do you like to get gnarly?" not "Do you get rad?", my memory was off a bit.

[XXX-er]

Math is hard but on that subject I'm pretty sure its cheaper to buy a bike off the showroom floor than try to build your own

[jetski]

Dropper posts that needlessly fail. Dropper posts that need to be told how great they are and that they are worth it. "Look dropper post... I don't give a shit about your sensitive feelings. Fucking work damn it!"
And before you tell me about your (brand) dropper post that has been going strong for 3 years with spit as lube. Shut it. Don't want to hear it.
Thanks, that feels better.

[jamal]

Math is hard but on that subject I'm pretty sure its cheaper to buy a bike off the showroom floor than try to build your own

Didn't someone add up all the individual component prices on some high end santa cruz and come up with a price lower than msrp?

I'm building my own road bike next year because I can re-use some of my parts to save money. Basically just need a frame, part of a group, and some decent wheels. Everything mid range comes with fucking mavics and I already have two sets of those I'm tempted to throw in the trash.

[Dhelihiker]

People that do not promptly move out of the way when you come skidding up behind them. They look behind them, they see you and they just keep riding. Fuck those people

[teledad]

Tires that last more than few hundred miles would be nice. My car tires are almost as much as my bike tires and they last 40,000 miles.

Just wait for the new wheel standard - SuperBoost:

[muted]

People that do not promptly move out of the way when you come skidding up behind them. They look behind them, they see you and they just keep riding. Fuck those people

Yes! You just made eye contact with me, you wanker, pull over. I figure some are beginners and don't know what to do, maybe I'm wrong.

Or the people who stop in the middle of the trail and then start riding without looking to see if anyone was coming. I was just about to say hi and pass goddamn it, pay attention.

[grinch]

Anyone have anything they'd like to rant about?

Dropper posts that needlessly fail. Dropper posts that need to be told how great they are and that they are worth it. "Look dropper post... I don't give a shit about your sensitive feelings. Fucking work damn it!"
And before you tell me about your (brand) dropper post that has been going strong for 3 years with spit as lube. Shut it. Don't want to hear it.
Thanks, that feels better.

X2 . Race face turbine loses air and needs that slick shit added waaaay to often. Air valve buried under the seat clamp is bs(what a stoopid design). Ridiculous price and they want me to pay an extra $80 for the under bar shifter option. I blame adidas

Stoked on my Dvo fork, saint brakes and running a coil rear shock on the little bike(all 3 have been massive improvements)

[toast2266]

Just wait for the new wheel standard - SuperBoost:

Super boost is already a thing.

You better call it Ultra Boost. Or Boost Plaid.

[El Chupacabra]