pmprego wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:12 am
raggedtrousers wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 7:59 am
Our LBS has one. It looks good, but I'm kind of not seeing the fuss for north of £5k... Admittedly I've not ridden it, tbf, but that's serious change for factory-made.
Any high end carbon frame costs that. And many of those don't offer handlebar and flexibility to pick your preferred measure or style.
I don't understand this recurring thing about the price of the product. I really don't.
That's not quite true, though. While there certainly are other frames that cost this much (Ostro VAM, C68 are 2 that come to mind), there are plenty that are a bit cheaper (Tarmac SL7, Madone SLR) and they really are pretty similar - they are all far east factory made, come in stock geometry, with stock paint.
And hat's kind of my point: I don't see what makes the Melee stand out in that field, and I'd be looking for more than 'it includes the handlebar' as a point of difference. Let's not forget that for not
that much more (relative to this very high kind of spend) you can get an Argonaut with custom layup and custom geo.
I'm not arguing it's a bad bike, and if people say that the Melee's point of difference is ride quality, while still retaining race bike speed, fair enough; like I said, I haven't ridden it. But I still don't see what makes it stand out.
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