To be honest, personally I'm prepared to pay even more for this kind of bike There aren't many alternatives left if you want a simple, but high quality frame without headset cable routing or any proprietary parts.
new frame rumors for 2023?
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Delete that message quickly, what if Specialized reading that forum
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New stunning 2023 colors.TobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Tue May 23, 2023 4:08 amAethos sales have been strong/steady, so I doubt it's going away anytime soon. All they need to do is update the paint every now and then.
Here you have...
Also wanted to know. Current frame is 4 yrs old now correct?
I just got the Green light (!) for a new bike. Currently prowling at a Colnago V4RS or a Bianchi Specialissima
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Finally it only took em 10 years
July 2020 same month like s-works sl7g32ecs wrote:Also wanted to know. Current frame is 4 yrs old now correct?
I just got the Green light (!) for a new bike. Currently prowling at a Colnago V4RS or a Bianchi Specialissima
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Horses for courses, I see fewer Aethos and more SL7s in crits and flat road races. I start to see some in hilly road races. I see a few on my large race pace group rides, and I see a ton on our hilly cul-de-sac sprint group rides in the hills.
One disadvantage of the Aethos is the S-Works is subtly branded and from afar it looks like any round tubed bike, so they are easy to miss.
Subtle branding is a positive thing! The best just showing nice colors and not too many logos nor too big ones. No car is sold with big logos across, why have them on every bike? Even bike clothing has gone that route in the last years like Rapha, PNS, Velocio, etc. just nice colors no big branding. Cannondale is also doing that righttTobinHatesYou wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 8:46 pm
One disadvantage of the Aethos is the S-Works is subtly branded and from afar it looks like any round tubed bike, so they are easy to miss.
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Hopefully the Falcn allows Ridley to go full weight weenie with the Helium. Specialized can’t have the Aethos market all to themselves.
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If we had a large image with all the current frames, but all black with no logos.. how many could you name at a glance without having to double take? The Trek Madone definitely... most others, even the S5 you might double take and question Bianchi?
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