Is $169 a bad price for a CF shaft?
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I understand. However, we both know that when purchased in the bulk that the big buyers are purchasing the cost of the blanks has very little to do with the cost of the finished product, your acknowledged reason for wanting to put a shaft out there that you feel is more reasonably priced.
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PracticeChampion
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Whats the weight of those shafts?
I've kind of been wanting another steel road bike but I do like my 14lb ride.
Yes, it feels like I am riding around on a styrofoam cooler lid
As a fellow cyclist, I'd be very careful about trusting my life to something like this. Fork snaps on a steep descent and you're done for. Carbon cue snaps, it's no big deal. This things snaps, and the next thing snapping might be your neck. Yes, even expensive brands have their stuff made in China now, maybe even in the same factory. But then again, some unbranded thing, might not be inspected quite so thoroughly. The people making it are just cranking out a huge number in a short time and may not even exist as a company when it the frames start failing.
At that price I'd buy one just for messing around with. I'd like to research certain aspects of CF shaft performance (I'm not planning to actually switch to CF). If you put it out there, I'll buy one.
tomatoshooter
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I wasn't expecting such a mild failure. I can't remember what was being tested but I saw one and it went KABLOOEY!!!Pinkbike Visits The Santa Cruz Test Lab Video - Pinkbike
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tomatoshooter
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I heard somewhere that materials cost is 5% of retail price. I'm not sure how much that allows for labor, lower middle management, middle management, upper middle management, and CEO's third vacation home. It seems like when I learn about all the hidden layers of expenses, many of which are legit, I'm not surprised at prices. That said, pool cue prices are ridiculous. Part is the small market. I think composite tennis racquets range from less than $100 up to $300. A tennis racquet seems a bit more difficult to produce than a stick but selling a lot amortizes a lot of costs.
Sorry, didn't answer...was outside playing HORSE with the neighbor kid.
You can pay $400 or $40 for a wood shaft...do you think they are the same?
Just because it has some carbon fiber in it doesn't make it the same as every other CF shaft. Different CF content, different manufacturer ingredients methods, different resins, different tolerances, different CF grades...and on and on.
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Just because it has some carbon fiber in it doesn't make it the same as every other CF shaft. Different CF content, different manufacturer ingredients methods, different resins, different tolerances, different CF grades...and on and on.
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$170.00 is a good price for a complete cue and only if it's a goodun.
Plus if you buy a name-brand frame you have legal recourse. Good luck finding Mr. Hung Wei Lo(day job is a 'art film' actor) over in Wuhan.
dendweller
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I'd buy one, maybe two if I liked the first. Also be willing to do the deposit. I am also interested in the weight.
A lot less than those CF bike frames
