Hi all, I am slowly acquiring components to build up a honest mid-high to high-end road bike to keep for as long as possible. I was waiting for the new Time Scylon frame to become available, but I noticed a pretty deep discount on a Specialized Aethos frame for 1800€ (here). UVP lies at 3800€ (Specialized website).
Apart from the obvious question of taste regarding the color scheme, it looks like a pretty nice offer. The Aethos looks to be made for home mechanics (threaded BB, non-integrated headset, round seat clamp) and ride very well. What are your thoughts? The hypothetical Time Scylon goes for like 5000€, so I would invest much less money. Should I go for it? :)
If you’re happy with the vendor I can’t see a reason not to - they’re nice frames, and that’s a very good discount as far as I can tell.
I’ve had the pleasure of working on a couple in my time and they’re well thought out.
I’ve essentially got one of those on my Crux and really like it a lot. I have just put road wheels on it from Scribe so I can ride big fat tubeless 34’s with disc brakes during monsoon season here and I was shocked how stiff it is under a hard sprint.
Thanks! Nice to know, I think I’ll go for it.
You’ll have to post updates - we could do with some good bike porn!
It will take a long while to get everything in place, but will do ;)
I’m sure you probably have everything in hand, but also if you have any technical questions chuck them on here also - it’s nice to have to bike tech content!
I’ll probably post on !bikewrench@lemmy.world for that ;)
