Don't worry, McLaren is steel reeling over the Porsche 917 On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 6:49:25 PM UTC-5, Kyle Brooks wrote: > > Hi all -- I've heard and used the "halo bike" term before, and wrote a bit > about those hyper expensive bikes in The Retrogrouch Blog. > > http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2013/11/that-bike-cost-how-much.html > http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2014/04/what-for-money.html > > and this last one that got somebody at Specialized a little irked with me: > http://bikeretrogrouch.blogspot.com/2014/07/for-top-1-of-top-1.html > > I agree that, to some, a Rivendell might seem hyper expensive -- but it's > a fraction of the price of some of these popped-out-of-a-mold carbon fiber > wonders. > > Kyle Brooks > Akron, OH > > On Wednesday, August 20, 2014 2:15:50 PM UTC-4, Pudge wrote: >> >> That’s a term I’d not heard before – “Halo Bicycle”. Used to describe >> a five figure priced bike. There’s a very long story in the Personal >> Journal section of the Wall Street Journal today, here: >> http://online.wsj.com/articles/rise-of-the-five-figure-bicycle-1408489679?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204616804580101753472999156.html >> >> >> >> Lengthy and breathless exhaltation of carbon (Light! Durable! >> Vibration-dampening! Expensive!) with, predictably, no discussion of >> potential downsides, and a complete absence of cost/benefit analysis – >> except that which is implicit in the article’s report that the 2014 Trek >> Madone 7.9 is 11% lighter than it was in 2005, but more than twice as >> expensive. So to shave 1.8 pounds off the weight of the bike (2005 Madone, >> 15.7 pounds, today’s Madone 13.9 pounds (!)), it only costs an additional >> $6,145 (2005 price, $5,400, today’s bike $11,550). Sheesh. The only voice >> of reason (well, at least according to my lights) regarding the bike weight >> arms race in the entire article was a single paragraph quoting Dave >> Moulton, as follows: >> >> >> >> “Not everyone thinks it is worthwhile spending so much for a bicycle. >> Dave Moulton, of Summerville, S.C., built and sold bicycles for three >> decades before retiring in the early 1990s. He says high-price carbon >> fiber bikes built by major manufacturers exist for ‘snob value’ and >> so-called ‘weight-weenies’ who obsess over superlight bicycles. A few >> ounces make no difference to an amateur, Mr. Moulton says.” >> >> >> >> This puts the recent Riv bike weight thread in perspective! >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> **************************************************** >> >> This email (and any attachments thereto) is intended only for use by the >> addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or >> confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this >> email, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or >> copying of this email (and any attachments thereto) is strictly prohibited. >> If you receive this email in error please immediately notify me at (212) >> 735-3000 and permanently delete the original email (and any copy of any >> email) and any printout thereof. >> >> Further information about the firm, a list of the Partners and their >> professional qualifications will be provided upon request. >> **************************************************** >> ============================================================================== >> >> >> >
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