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Originally Posted by gparkes

ok, let me see if i can articulate my opinion on this without sounding like a buffoon:

Serotta cda: $6800 (ish)
sram force groupset: $2000 (ish)
saddle/cockpit/seat post: $750 (ish)
solid wheelset: $1500 (ish)
total: $11,050 (ish)

of course, you could go sram red and add $2000 and bump the price to $13,000. How much is an sl8? ($14k with da) a c68? ($16k at r&a with da)

i knew ben casually in the 90's from a personal banking perspective. On several occasions he personally gave me and a friend guided tour of the facility. When at the geyser road facility, he gave me two sets of decals for a frame i was refinishing. A very gracious man who quite frankly doesn't deserve to be chopped on. He was an innovator and brought new ideas to custom and semi-custom/production bicycle frame manufacturing. It could be argued he has done more for american framebuilders than any others.

If you don't want to pay the price, don't.

Gp

+1.