The £9,900 Prince......

Bassjunkieuk
Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
edited June 2009 in Commuting chat
During my lunch break today I dragged myself down to GB Cycles in sunny Croydon to part with some of my hard earned money for a set of Koolstop Salmons.
Whilst in there it would have been damnright rude to not have a look around at all the lovely bikes but this I wasn't expecting..........

An '09 Pinarrello Prince, kitted out with some very nice aero wheels and full Di2 Dura-ace for a credit crunch busting £9,900 :shock: I actually had to read the price ticket twice to be sure it wasn't the excessive exposure to the sun getting to me!!!

Now I'm all for lovely bikes and understand that this is an awesome bike but still that is a heck of a lot of money in anyone's book to me dropping on a bike! It doesn't appear to be listed on their website which is a shame but going by the other models in there it appears they are all put together and then sold and presumably this is what happens when you say "Money is no object" to the salesguy ;-)
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Its within my credit limit. :?
  • AllTheGear
    AllTheGear Posts: 248
    I'd want an engine for that.
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  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    If you're on a tight buget (or are just tight), there's a Cannondale Di2 bike for only seven and half grand.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    _Brun_ wrote:
    If you're on a tight buget (or are just tight), there's a Cannondale Di2 bike for only seven and half grand.
    I insist that you stop that.
  • _Brun_
    _Brun_ Posts: 1,740
    Stop what?

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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    It's funny how even the latest Cannondales look somehow old-skool.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    I'd LOVE a bike like that but how would you get mudguards fitted for the daily commute?


    ....and as for panniers....
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  • AllTheGear
    AllTheGear Posts: 248
    Raceblades will fit. And I saw a rear luggage rack thingy in Tescos that clamped round the seatpost.
    ... and no idea ...

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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    yeah, and you'd have to have flats for the stop / start in traffic
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    And that white bar tape would be grey in minutes... :lol::lol:
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  • AllTheGear
    AllTheGear Posts: 248
    My white bar tape has done 96 miles, still ok! Some of us wash our hands occasionally ;-)
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    I missed that, I was outside there on sunday looking at the 5.5k Bianchi and the 6.4k Pinarrello....
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  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I missed that, I was outside there on sunday looking at the 5.5k Bianchi and the 6.4k Pinarrello....

    You'll have to venture inside to feast your eyes on it, my manager who was with me fiddled with the sti levers and adjusted the front mech ;-) quite odd hearing a motor fire......
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  • AllTheGear
    AllTheGear Posts: 248
    Is the Di2 stuff wireless? I'll have to build a jammer for the hills :twisted:
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  • Eau Rouge
    Eau Rouge Posts: 1,118
    AllTheGear wrote:
    Is the Di2 stuff wireless? I'll have to build a jammer for the hills :twisted:

    Nope, still wired, just that the wires don't need to physically move to drag the mechs around to change gear.
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Just think how much that'd cost you in the long run. £9.9k in the shop then all your worldly goods when the OH found out how much it cost :shock:
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Blimey, I thought the rule was "If you have to ask you can't afford it"
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  • b0y1nterupted
    b0y1nterupted Posts: 124
    cant bump it up & down kerbs tho can you? :P
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    b0y1nterupted wrote:
    cant bump it up & down kerbs tho can you? :P

    Yes.


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  • b0y1nterupted
    b0y1nterupted Posts: 124
    :shock: :shock: :shock:
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  • rhext
    rhext Posts: 1,639
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    yeah, and you'd have to have flats for the stop / start in traffic

    That's OK, it doesn't seem to come with pedals!
  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Lousy commute bike then.

    Why the hell was it even mentioned in this forum. I dunno, some people need to get a grip.
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Was it fixed wheel?!?!?!
  • b0y1nterupted
    b0y1nterupted Posts: 124
    only when the batteries run out
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