If i had a grand to spend on a frame

gaff_taff

Just seen this on flebay, i am sure someone on here had one of these a while back, absolutely gorgeous

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marin-Team-Is ... 589wt_1270

If you had a grand, what would you buy ?

lawman

not a great looking frame that in my book, and not even worth close to a grand!!!

If I had a grand, I'd buy a second hand santa cruz blur 4x, have it sprayed metallic black and treat it to a bos vip'r 8)

supersonic

Way to heavy for that money.

bluechair84

A new Titus FTM Carbon for less than that... not strictly the same ball park but it's about as close to XC as I'd tread

gaff_taff

Surprised that you lot don't like that, i think its so nice,

but then in all fairness i would probally go carbon as well

supersonic

Looks nice. A 20 quid paint job... but weighs more than 99 quid frames you can get.

The Spiderman

gaff_taff wrote:

Just seen this on flebay, i am sure someone on here had one of these a while back, absolutely gorgeous

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marin-Team-Is ... 589wt_1270

If you had a grand, what would you buy ?

Yep,the Bigcheese.Where is he these days?

Nice looking bike,but I bought a reasonably specced Anthem for 25% less than that!

VWsurfbum

The Spiderman wrote:

gaff_taff wrote:

Just seen this on flebay, i am sure someone on here had one of these a while back, absolutely gorgeous

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Marin-Team-Is ... 589wt_1270

If you had a grand, what would you buy ?

Yep,the Bigcheese.Where is he these days?

Nice looking bike,but I bought a reasonably specced Anthem for 25% less than that!

Cheesey turns up every now and then when he's bought another way to expensive frame to build up, last i saw was a atherton commencal frame i think? looked levely, but doubt it would get ridden.

as for that marin, WTF its no where near worth that!

felix.london

a grand you say?

Stumpjumper S-Works Carbon pour moi.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Specialized-Stumpjumper-S-Works-Carbon-/140743498647?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item20c4f75b97#ht_500wt_1202

The Rookie

Weighs 33g (without rounding errors) less than my Carrera Kraken frame that cost me a fiver (before respray), not really value for money! As SS says you can get frames weighing a deal less than that for less than £100, or an on-one Scandal for about £300 ish which weighs even less.

The Big Cheese

Im still lurking, had this frame. Purchased if for £500 as it was apparently the only one in the UK. Hope this is not the same one being resold.

Was a nice frame, light enough and built for racing, but no-way worth that much.... :shock:

Paint was so fragile, you did the QR skewers up and all the paint literally fell of around the dropouts....

A lot better frames for £975 out there....

YeehaaMcgee

supersonic wrote:

Way to heavy for that money.

Argh, not this (exact) argument again!
Where's Njee and TBC and the case of the broken scales?

supersonic

Lol, is just that my 1996 Zaskar LE weighs less! Top end race frames should be sub 3lbs really!

theblender

If I had a grand to spend on a frame, I wouldn't bother - I'd get the best wheels I could afford. You get a far more tangible improvement in ride quality with decent wheels (especially carbon rims) than any high-end frame will achieve.