AB OS PW peak insanity

[mcteague]

Just saw this on a GCN video. I never really got the point of the average rider getting an oversize pulley wheel but this stuff has really jumped the shark. Absolute Black has a new one for $1,099 but you have to send them a photo of your bike to see if you are deemed worthy of their product! Maybe just marketing hype but the bike industry really seems to be aimed more and more to the 1%. Or, at least those with more money than brains. However, if they sell, who am I to complain?

https://absoluteblack.cc/hollowcage-...ur-pulley-cage

Owing to the limited and very complicated production of our latest creation, only selected requests will be considered. To express your interest in acquiring this extraordinary piece, kindly contact us via email, accompanied by a photograph of your bicycle. Should your masterpiece reflect the exceptional calibre of our design, you may be extended a personal invitation to purchase.


OTOH, I just saw this on Ceramic Speed's site https://ceramicspeed.com/products/os...-red-force-axs
A $2,960 version they claim to have sold out....what a world.

Tim

[gbcoupe]

This is what my Huffy Aero Wind has been missing!

[reuben]

Ridiculous.

And there's nothing to stop you from sending a picture of a bike you don't own. I might send them a picture of Pogacar's latest yellow TdF bike or MvdP's Canyon. It's a shame i don't have a pic of the Stingray I had as a kid. Banana seat, high bars, 3 speed, and purple. I attached a Tony the Tiger tail to the back of the seat for extra coolness. Or maybe it was an Esso "put a tiger in your tank" tail, I dunno.

[Strain]

It's actually hilarious, some twits who are willing to shell that amount of money on a fancy jockey wheel are gonna get kicked in the gonads instead and laughed at because their bikes are not "cool enough" to deserve buying whatever these snake oil salesmen try to sell.

[dmitrik4]

LOL what

[unterhausen]

"Sorry, you have 20mm of spacers under your stem, slam it or no sale"

[54ny77]

Wow. Just wow.

" HOW TO ORDER

Owing to the limited and very complicated production of our latest creation, only selected requests will be considered. To express your interest in acquiring this extraordinary piece, kindly contact us via email, accompanied by a photograph of your bicycle. Should your masterpiece reflect the exceptional calibre of our design, you may be extended a personal invitation to purchase. This is our way of honouring those who have invested in creating something truly remarkable."

[AngryScientist]

I agree this is peak ridiculousness.

The simple bicycle continues to get more and more expensive and complicated.

When component manufacturers look to jockey wheels as the next boondoggle boutique $$$ product to convince people they must have, we're over the top.

They'll probably sell some though, or at least give them away to the influencers to take nice instagram photos of

[marciero]

I have no problem spending $$ for nice things but I find the whole exclusivity angle distasteful and antithetical to what cycling means for me. I'd be embarrassed to have that on my bike.

[Shane4XC]

Is it any more ridiculous than:

https://ceramicspeed.com/products/os...mano-8250-8150

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by Shane4XC

Is it any more ridiculous than:

https://ceramicspeed.com/products/os...mano-8250-8150

They made 200 and appears sold them all.

I’m all for pursuit of incremental gains. Hardly anyone knows about this company so it’s not like they are pushing it on the masses. It’s a niche product for well heeled and passionate cyclists. Begging for it though, no thanks.

[AngryScientist]

Originally Posted by marciero

I have no problem spending $$ for nice things but I find the whole exclusivity angle distasteful and antithetical to what cycling means for me. I'd be embarrassed to have that on my bike.

Agree. The ad copy is just dripping with manufactured elitism.

big eyeroll.

Please note, we retain the absolute discretion to decline any requests. By submitting your interest, you acknowledge and accept our decision as final.

[nmrt]

I'm sorry but I was looking for the typical Paceline remarks on product pricing. Something along the lines of "if you don't like it, don't buy it".

If you subscribe by this philosophy, you cannot complain about this AB product.
To the Americans on Main Street, our $5500 Made in Taiwan Aethos is just as ridiculous.

[bigbill]

$3k for a pulley assembly. It seems to me that Shimano, SRAM, and Campy designs their top end groups to compete against each other and if one manufacturer wanted to claim superiority over their competition, they'd produce an oversized assembly for their rear derailleurs.

[Fat Cat]

I feel so poor and insignificant.

I'm not worthy