RE: Ridden: Porsche Bike RS
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People calling this bad have forgotten the Porsche mountain bike effort from the late '90s.
The car mags said they were s
t, the bike mags said they were st, and they weighed a ton.
I'm happy with my decade-and-a-half old Cannondale Super V-3000 (top of the line before the Super Raven came out in '98 or so). It's lighter than many road bikes (I still can't figure out how they got a full suspension MTB to be that light), was somewhere north of $3500 when new, but I got it for $350 a couple years ago. Still one of my best purchases.
Oh, and it's got a proper front suspension on it (the lower end Super V-500, Super V-1000, etc all had the crappy monoshock Headshock that Cannondale were so fond of in the '90s).
The car mags said they were s
t, the bike mags said they were st, and they weighed a ton.I'm happy with my decade-and-a-half old Cannondale Super V-3000 (top of the line before the Super Raven came out in '98 or so). It's lighter than many road bikes (I still can't figure out how they got a full suspension MTB to be that light), was somewhere north of $3500 when new, but I got it for $350 a couple years ago. Still one of my best purchases.
Oh, and it's got a proper front suspension on it (the lower end Super V-500, Super V-1000, etc all had the crappy monoshock Headshock that Cannondale were so fond of in the '90s).
Any new 911 buyer will probably buy one just for there garage!Personally i,d rather be seen in my 95 White 968 Sport than that,i do admit to buying the Bobsleigh 2 years ago for my nephew which i thought was great value at 60 quid, the porsche design stuff is great quality nonetheless,i do admit to buying there clothes now & then !! But 5Grand no way!!
And you are a major ass hole. Your MX-5 is a lady's ride. Dont give a st if you dont like Escort's; still love them. I dont give a fk what you or any other ass hole thinks. I'm not a bandwagon jump on the love German cars and buy it in Silver paintwork etc
t if you dont like Escort's; still love them. I dont give a fk what you or any other ass hole thinks. I'm not a bandwagon jump on the love German cars and buy it in Silver paintwork etcXitUp said:
You're st at quoting and you're boring. And mk V/VI escorts are st.
t at quoting and you're boring. And mk V/VI escorts are st.936ADL said:
WTF!
That thing is just so wrong! Porsche should stick to 4 wheels. This is nothing more than a cynical marketing ploy.
Perhaps the most expensive BSO ever?
Porsche helped develop the Harley v rod engine, so you could say they have some history on 2 wheels. That thing is just so wrong! Porsche should stick to 4 wheels. This is nothing more than a cynical marketing ploy.
Perhaps the most expensive BSO ever?
There was also a concept motorbike in the 70's, when they looked into the 2 wheel market.
if this was a true engineering experiment it would deserve the badge, but a badge engineered bike is just lazy.
PaulMoor said:
£5k? Why would anyone spend £5k on a bike like that? My motorbike didn't cost £5k.
Why spend £10k, £20k, £50k, £100k on a car when a £5k one will do the same job pretty much?This is pistonheads, remember
.Me, if I had a lot more spare cash, I'd spend £5k on a push bike - though certainly not on that one.
As some have said it's a hybrid bike not a road bike or MTB. As a hybrid it's true value is around £3.5k based on the spec (Rotwild aren't bad at all - XTR finishing kit is top notch but Crank Bros aren't a patch on what they used to be sadly). So you're paying about £1.5k for the badge.
A regular cyclist is less likely to have a hybrid as they'll have road bike for the road/MTB for off road. An occassional cyclist (which are the only people who would buy it) would probably be sensible to get a hybrid so this makes sense if you must have the badge.
A regular cyclist is less likely to have a hybrid as they'll have road bike for the road/MTB for off road. An occassional cyclist (which are the only people who would buy it) would probably be sensible to get a hybrid so this makes sense if you must have the badge.
_g_ said:
PaulMoor said:
£5k? Why would anyone spend £5k on a bike like that? My motorbike didn't cost £5k.
Why spend £10k, £20k, £50k, £100k on a car when a £5k one will do the same job pretty much?This is pistonheads, remember
.Me, if I had a lot more spare cash, I'd spend £5k on a push bike - though certainly not on that one.
el stovey said:
I think the point here is the cheaper bikes are actually better. You get nothing really for your £5,000 except a hybrid with a Porsche badge on. You can get plenty of better hybrids (by any measurement of the word better) for under £1,500
Could say the same about the £10k/£20k/£50k/£100k Porsche too .Escort Si-130 said:
And you are a major ass hole. Your MX-5 is a lady's ride. Dont give a st if you dont like Escort's; still love them. I dont give a fk what you or any other ass hole thinks. I'm not a bandwagon jump on the love German cars and buy it in Silver paintwork etc
1-0 to me.t if you dont like Escort's; still love them. I dont give a fk what you or any other ass hole thinks. I'm not a bandwagon jump on the love German cars and buy it in Silver paintwork etcXitUp said:
You're st at quoting and you're boring. And mk V/VI escorts are st.
t at quoting and you're boring. And mk V/VI escorts are st.Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff