The Reverend
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The Trek team must all have kids headed to a Swiss finishing school. You'd have to really want it at that price.
Same price as a Ripmo frame which is $5700 currently. Bikes are getting silly expensive. Might need a new hobby
pink poodle
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Ebikes? It's lie bikes, but with a motor.
beeb
Dr. Beebenson, PhD HA, ST, Offset (hons)
Fark that!
They are everywhere in Adelaide. We even an E bike only specialist bike shop. Perhaps the world is ending?
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Maybe don't check the Santa Cruz website then
Asininedrivel
caviar connoisseur
Remember back when an alloy FS frame was $2.5k and a carbon one $3.5? Really doesn't seem that long ago.
My current bike is 8 years old, I paid $3k for the frame (carbon). Shakes fist at cloud....those good ol days!
frenchman
Eats cheese. Sells crack.
The world has already ended. You’ve woken up in hell.
HamboCairns
Thanks for all the bananas
Everyone should buy hardtails. Well as long it's not a Yeti..
Agreed re so many better options but, with fun to head, I would choose a specialised every time over a trek. I feel dirty now.
pink poodle
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Sometimes life throws us decisions that mean we will need a bath, no matter what we choose.
This my friend is so true
PJO
in me vL comy
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The Reverend
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Looks sturdy and a whole lot of fun.Orange Crush MX mixes up wheel sizes for 29" front, 27.5" rear Hardcore Hardtail
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gillyske
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At least Giant has decent quality control and acceptable manufacturing tolerances on their bikes.
Trek are expensive and they don't care what kind of shit leaves their factory. Dopes still buy em.
pink poodle
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The trek factory? Hahahaaaaa...trek frames come out of one of two factories in Taiwan. Guess which one?
What giant have is a reputation for good warranty support. Being the world's largest bike manufacturer and having survived a long period of replacing cracked frames (anthem anthem anthem) one would hope they have learnt their lesson.
gillyske
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It doesn't really matter if they don't manufacture their own frames, they should have the last say in their quality control process.
pink poodle
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I don't know too much about the process that big business bike companies go through, but I'd imagine they place an order at giantmerida hq and the whole thing is assembled at the mega factory and sent to trek storage in a box ready to go. Maybe a QR inspection of a sample at the mega factory. I may be wrong.
Flow-Rider
Burner
They tried to leave all the QC up to the factories in the start but realised it was a dismal fail, I believe most major brands have a person on the ground doing the checks and rejecting bad product.