Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Some mothers' children have no style.Full Campag. What's not to like? Answered your own question.
Just ridden the dream bike. Anybody got £7000 to spare?
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Nibor
Bewildered
- Location
- Accrington
The one in my LBS is more like £10,000
winjim
Smash the cistern
Alright, just for you, here's a blue one:
Configure your own colour scheme:
http://www.bianchi.com/tavolozza/en
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
The price?
I wouldn't enjoy my cafe stops much with that parked outside!
Trust me you will. As you arrive, out comes the cameras and up you go on Instgram and Twitter. Ladies will buy you drinks. Admittedly a jealous Specialized rider will try and key your steed and a Cannondale lout will slash a tyre or two, but it is worth it. You are worth it, aren't you?
wheresthetorch
Dreaming of Celeste
- Location
- West Sussex
FTFY.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
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mythste
Veteran
- Location
- Manchester
I've never thrown my leg over anything that wildly out of my price range (We're still talking about bikes, right?) and I struggle to understand what could be that much better.
Is it the fizz of knowing it costs that much more or is it really the sum of its parts - marginal gains all over that makes it such a better experience?
Is it the fizz of knowing it costs that much more or is it really the sum of its parts - marginal gains all over that makes it such a better experience?
Nibor
Bewildered
- Location
- Accrington
My thoughts are that if you are likely to benefit from a bike of that value in terms of performance you will most likely be given it free.
vickster
Legendary Member
And at least it's not that horrid black colour
vickster
Legendary Member
Or mudguards...
winjim
Smash the cistern
Here's one just for you:And at least it's not that horrid black colour
The black one's lighter you know. Doesn't have all that heavy paint.
vickster
Legendary Member
Here's one just for you:
The black one's lighter you know. Doesn't have all that heavy paint.
Apollonius
Guru
- Location
- South Staffordshire
Nice to see the Specialissima getting some appreciation. It is a touch pricey, but if you can slum it with Durace, you can get them for as little as £7500. The full works Campagnolo sends them over the £10000 mark.
It is, very probably, the very best bike you can buy. It is bound to be expensive. It is the law of diminishing returns, and you get the same with cameras and the like. Chap on our club run today upgraded from a BSO " mountain bike" (well named - it weighed about as much as Snowdon) to a £250 alloy road bike. 8 speed, nicely set up for him by a good LBS. Great. He had a lovely ride with us today and is thrilled. He can get a twice as good bike for £500. One a bit better for £1000. A little better still for £2000. And so on ad Infinito. (that's a Bianchi too.)
We live in a world where the best is expensive. Be glad.
While I am here, a couple more points on the subject of Bianchis. the Specialissima shares its Countervail weave with the Infinito CV. It works. Superbly. It is fast and smooth. Sep Vanmarcke rode one (a CV Infinito) to 4th place in Paris Roubaix last week. I rode mine today. On Shropshire roads. For sports riding it is the best you can buy.
You can have the Specialissima in any colour you want. One woman in our club has a pink one! They are a lot of money for a bike, sure, but if you have the money why not?
It is, very probably, the very best bike you can buy. It is bound to be expensive. It is the law of diminishing returns, and you get the same with cameras and the like. Chap on our club run today upgraded from a BSO " mountain bike" (well named - it weighed about as much as Snowdon) to a £250 alloy road bike. 8 speed, nicely set up for him by a good LBS. Great. He had a lovely ride with us today and is thrilled. He can get a twice as good bike for £500. One a bit better for £1000. A little better still for £2000. And so on ad Infinito. (that's a Bianchi too.)
We live in a world where the best is expensive. Be glad.
While I am here, a couple more points on the subject of Bianchis. the Specialissima shares its Countervail weave with the Infinito CV. It works. Superbly. It is fast and smooth. Sep Vanmarcke rode one (a CV Infinito) to 4th place in Paris Roubaix last week. I rode mine today. On Shropshire roads. For sports riding it is the best you can buy.
You can have the Specialissima in any colour you want. One woman in our club has a pink one! They are a lot of money for a bike, sure, but if you have the money why not?
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
A bit lacking in the spoke department for the likes of me.
