How much?!!!!
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- Bearbonesnorm
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How much?!!!!
I don't care who made it ... $300 for a steel stem is taking the pi*s, no matter how many colours it comes in.
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- mountainbaker
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Re: How much?!!!!
Buuuuuuuuut, it's made in Portland, OR by bearded hipsters who drink craaaft beer.
Re: How much?!!!!
Not guilty guvmountainbaker wrote:Buuuuuuuuut, it's made in Portland, OR by bearded hipsters who drink craaaft beer.
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Re: How much?!!!!
It's so the frames look cheap.
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Re: How much?!!!!
Bit like the little bike shop in Ambleside called PUSH ,trying to sell £6k road bikes ,you walk in 3 bikes on display with art house jazz ( saying that don't mind a bit of jazz from time to time ) soon as you ask them for a basic part they scoff at you .prefer ghyllside cycles myself and biketreks if desperate .only go in so my dog can scratch his French polished wooden floor lolmountainbaker wrote:Buuuuuuuuut, it's made in Portland, OR by bearded hipsters who drink craaaft beer.
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Re: How much?!!!!
Makes a hope stem at 65 quid seem positively cheap - made by dudes in Yorkshire as well
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Re: How much?!!!!
That's fighting talk.htrider wrote:Makes a hope stem at 65 quid seem positively cheap - made by dudes in Yorkshire as well
Hope Technology Ltd.
Hope Mill,
Calf Hall Road,
Barnoldswick
Lancashire,
United Kingdom
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- johnnystorm
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Re: How much?!!!!
And playing devils advocate, the cielo stem is welded by hand. The hope stem is probably churned out of a cnc machine in batches over night.
Re: How much?!!!!
I bet thats the last time they get the work experience kid to fit the face plates!
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Hope they carry spares though....johnnystorm wrote:That's fighting talk.htrider wrote:Makes a hope stem at 65 quid seem positively cheap - made by dudes in Yorkshire as well
Hope Technology Ltd.
Hope Mill,
Calf Hall Road,
Barnoldswick
Lancashire,
United Kingdom
BB18 5PX
Re: How much?!!!!
Fair dues to them I reckon, nice kit that people value enough for them to sell at a level that supports the time and quality that goes into it. I like, sorry ..
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Re: How much?!!!!
Don't apologise, they need people to like it, I like it ... it just seems like an awful amount of money for something that in reality is actually very simple to make.Fair dues to them I reckon, nice kit that people value enough for them to sell at a level that supports the time and quality that goes into it. I like, sorry ..
It might be hand welded but I very much doubt someone's sat there with a file and a hacksaw lovingly carving each part, I'd imagine a cnc does that bitAnd playing devils advocate, the cielo stem is welded by hand
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Re: How much?!!!!
Shame the colours don't quite go with my gilet.
http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/uk-en/shop/m ... gilet.html
http://www.paulsmith.co.uk/uk-en/shop/m ... gilet.html
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