You can't have eTap or Di2 on a Bianchi though.
Super Record EPS?
This is true, Carbon/Ti Super Record is a thing of beauty too.
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This is true, Carbon/Ti Super Record is a thing of beauty too.
You can't have eTap or Di2 on a Bianchi though.
Super Record EPS?
Believe it or not, that thought had already occurred to me! The comments would be....'nice bike....but SRAM!?!'
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https://www.bianchistore.de/de/bianchi-oltre-xr4-2017-super-record-eps-11sp-compact-52/36
Done.
Oh, budget broken?
Done.
Oh, budget broken?
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What a rip, it doesn't even come with deep Boras for that price!
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Hell, if I bought my bikes because I thought like you, I wouldn't have bothered, but as has been said, I bought mine because I wanted to and liked them!
I won't break any records, and I could do just as well on a cheaper bike, but same could be said with cars.
Tbh the whole money thing. Who cares if he has got it let him enjoy it. I suspect my felt is approaching that value now if I add in the wheels di2 and vector pedals. But only just realised that when I added up the individual parts for insurance the other day.
PS xr4 with di2 and pair of zipp 404s or enve 8.9s..
PS xr4 with di2 and pair of zipp 404s or enve 8.9s..
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Having ridden quite a few "superbikes" and knowing somebody who owns nearly every one on the market I can fairly safely say there is very very little between most of them. Stiffness, on most is perfectly fine but some are most stiff than others. Unless you're racing at a high level it will not matter. Other things are build based such as brake types, e.g. The vias. The rest of it is cost. Having bought an S3 frame at RRP, I'd probably never bother again. It's just not worth it. If I were building a race machine again it would be di2, and a clearance/second hand frame with known provenience.
The fact you have to remember is supposed bike reviewers nearly always know very little about racing, and riding hard in general, they're just journos who can spin yarns such as I didn't notice I was pedalling uphill until I saw double digit inclines on my Garmin. I mean please, **** off.
The fact you have to remember is supposed bike reviewers nearly always know very little about racing, and riding hard in general, they're just journos who can spin yarns such as I didn't notice I was pedalling uphill until I saw double digit inclines on my Garmin. I mean please, **** off.
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Had this in last week and the guy didn't even know he had a power meter build into the chainset. £4300 for the frame alone, Dura ace di2, rotor inpower and mavic cosmic carbone wheels(proper ones not the daft ones with the fairing).
Lovely guy and bike but one could argue he doesn't do it justice.
I didn't realise the price of the XR4 having worked on one a few weeks back, lovely lovely bike.
We sell the Felt but I can't see the value in the bike having worked on various models of AR, nice but not the finished article. AR5 or AR3 it can get away with it but not at the AR1 price.
Lovely guy and bike but one could argue he doesn't do it justice.
I didn't realise the price of the XR4 having worked on one a few weeks back, lovely lovely bike.
We sell the Felt but I can't see the value in the bike having worked on various models of AR, nice but not the finished article. AR5 or AR3 it can get away with it but not at the AR1 price.
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Shame about those bars though.
Caporegime
I can definitely get behind the idea of 4-6 decent bikes rather than one super duper bike but... if I really wanted to spend it all on one stupendous bike it would be a top end Bianchi. Yes, you're paying for the name, but at that price you're doing that no matter which brand you go for.
Man of Honour
Let's try to stick to the topic of the thread rather than argue about how people should spend their money.
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Aye apologies, I started before I saw your post. Feel free to delete and clean the thread up.
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Wow what went down in here :|
Yeah they wouldn't be my choosing, think it's actually too long for him too.
aaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnddddddd he can't fit his Garmin out in front mount. Anyone know of one that would fit?
The Bianchi is looking quite tempting actually, and it seems to get great reviews. No idea where I could try one out though. And it could do with some deeper wheels 
That Pina does nothing for me. Pina frames are fugly, that colour scheme is horrible especially them white bars.... Mavic's also. Engaging snob mode here but that Pinarello to me could not possibly scream any louder to me that the owner is "all the gear no idea"....
I read some hand bag designer is buying Pinarello? Maybe they will come up with a pretty looking bike next time round The Rapha elite are frothing at the mouth, I can sense it 
I read some hand bag designer is buying Pinarello? Maybe they will come up with a pretty looking bike next time round
The Rapha elite are frothing at the mouth, I can sense it
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Rapha elite here, Pinas do nothing for me.
From Wheelies I'd be looking at the Bianchi XR4, S-Works Tarmac or the Supersix Evo Hi-Mod Black.
From Wheelies I'd be looking at the Bianchi XR4, S-Works Tarmac or the Supersix Evo Hi-Mod Black.
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That Pina does nothing for me. Pina frames are fugly, that colour scheme is horrible especially them white bars.... Mavic's also. Engaging snob mode here but that Pinarello to me could not possibly scream any louder to me that the owner is "all the gear no idea"....
I read some hand bag designer is buying Pinarello? Maybe they will come up with a pretty looking bike next time round
Same really. I'm glad they moved away from the bendy fork but I still don't like it.
The worst part is it says pinarello on the drive side, bottom of the down tube and dogma on the nondrive side. What?