PSA: Excel sports deal on Pinarello TT bike

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

B-I-N-G-O

#chinarello

Hey Peanut - your schtick about belittling anyone who buys or sells discounted gear from anyone but a LBS is getting a little old; give it a rest eh?

also, it's baseless to troll out "#chinarello" unless you have some proof when excel is a pinarello dealer.

[Black Dog]

Not Team bikes, bikes with the same paint scheme as team bikes...

This thread is wondering dangerously close to full absurdity.

[bthornt]

Every transaction (and there have been many of them) that I have had with Excel Sports has been problem free. As the OP, I have absolutely no interest in these bikes, because I don't do the type of riding where ownership of such a bike would be required. I just posted the link because I thought that if you did do the type of riding where a pure TT bike would be appropriate, it would be a pretty good deal - as long as you rode a bike in the size that is available.

I have to confess that I'm a little surprised that there's any controversy about Excel Sports, to me they're pretty much the same as Competitive Cyclist, Backcountry, or Colorado Cyclist.

[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Hey Peanut - your schtick about belittling anyone who buys or sells discounted gear from anyone but a LBS is getting a little old; give it a rest eh?

also, it's baseless to troll out "#chinarello" unless you have some proof when excel is a pinarello dealer.

Yeah, what's up with that? Excel is a brick-and-mortar store that developed a very good online business. They've got a showroom full of bikes, they do fittings and they've got good mechanics. They often get NOS bikes and frames from manufacturers and sell them at big discounts.

[peanutgallery]

What if a guy in Russia has an incredible deal?

It's a 9 year old bike being sold as new by a retailer that makes its bones racing to the bottom. And it's a tri bike

#chinarello

Originally Posted by AngryScientist

Hey Peanut - your schtick about belittling anyone who buys or sells discounted gear from anyone but a LBS is getting a little old; give it a rest eh?

also, it's baseless to troll out "#chinarello" unless you have some proof when excel is a pinarello dealer.

[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

Campy install....#struggles

What does Campy have to do with it?

Originally Posted by yinzerniner

Still can’t abide by the Sinbad sweater graphics.

Then buy the black one.

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

What if a guy in Russia has an incredible deal?

What does that have to do with anything?

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

It's a 9 year old bike being sold as new by a retailer...

No, it's being sold as a NOS 2010 model.

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

... that makes its bones racing to the bottom.

Really? Have you priced an F12 Dogma on Excel's website? Or a new Factor frame?

And it's a try bike

Actually, it's a "tri" bike.

#chinarello

No, it's not.

[Ronsonic]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

If it's on the the internet...on sale...and your circle of knowledgeable friends are non-existent....and you have to ask a bunch of strangers...on the internet...if it's a good deal...don't do it

Bro' this IS my "circle of knowledgeable friends." The guys I ride with don't know **** about hardware.

[Heisenberg]

ahhhh yes the slowest tt bike i ever had the pleasure of racing

[peanutgallery]

No...I meant "try" bike

2010 to 2019 => 9 years, plus or minus a few lunar revolutions

Originally Posted by tomato coupe

What does Campy have to do with it?


No, it's being told (?) as a NOS 2010 model.


Actually, it's a "tri" bike.

[peanutgallery]

Be careful, you'll be on a hite rite and 26" wheels by the end of the week

Originally Posted by Ronsonic

Bro' this IS my "circle of knowledgeable friends." The guys I ride with don't know **** about hardware.

[Black Dog]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

Be careful, you'll be on a hite rite and 26" wheels by the end of the week

Being irrational is so irrational.

[Clean39T]

I've been purchasing from Excel for well over a decade, probably closer to two decades.

They are the classiest of class acts.

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[tomato coupe]

Originally Posted by peanutgallery

2010 to 2019 => 9 years, plus or minus a few lunar revolutions

Thanks for the math lesson, but what's your point? They are very clear that it is a 2010 model frame.

[berserk87]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

Maybe a good deal, but wow, is that frame ugly.

I've done a lot of TT's and never once have I thought about the aesthetics of the frame when racing one. Maybe there's some other kind of competition for the runway-model frames based on looks alone.

[steelbikerider]

Buy an Ultegra group and you have pro quality TT bike for less than $2000 minus wheels and a full frame warranty. With a good fitting, you can be as aero all but a few top riders. The only thing holding you back from sub 60 min tt's would be your own fitness.

If you are in the market for a tt bike, how is that not a good deal?