Buying a new bicycle: can I bargain?

[silverpig]

Fucking hell, the bike cost >$10K, and it wasn't even made of carbon fibre?
FFS...

Titanium bikes are generally a little more expensive than carbon fibre bikes.

 

[Farang]

IMO bikes are like furniture and cars, it is much much better to buy used. And they aren't as mechanically complicated as a car so you have much less to worry about.

For example I bought a 4 year-old bike with 300 miles on it for $500, it retailed or $1100.

But then sometimes you really want a specific model, and just have to go and get it.

 

[Joseph F]

Titanium bikes are generally a little more expensive than carbon fibre bikes.

Hmm, I didn't know this. Are they stronger, lighter, or both?

 

[FleshLight]

Hmm, I didn't know this. Are they stronger, lighter, or both?

They just have the allure of being Titanium and can be polished. CF can be just as strong and much lighter. Ti frames can go from $1k (motobecane) to about $4.5k (linskey helix custom geometry). CF frames range from $400 (ebay/china) to $10k (cervelo r5ca)