Timeline for What differs between the Cervelo S5 and S5VWD
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| Aug 22, 2014 at 9:34 | comment | added | rg255 | @Kibbee it is a Campagnolo bottle cage though. Therefore it allows the overweight & overpaid mamil on the bike which is adorned in a $100 cage the right look down judgementally upon any young whippersnapper with a plastic or aluminium cage, while said mamil desperately tries to cling on to said whippersnapper's back wheel... therefore it's good value ;) | |
| Aug 22, 2014 at 9:32 | comment | added | rg255 | So slightly lighter, same ride and stiffness qualities, higher price tag - all thanks to some different carbon fibre technology, and a very slightly different paint job. Thanks for the answer. | |
| Aug 21, 2014 at 21:30 | comment | added | PeteH | @Kibbee in fairness, you do get a free bottle ;) | |
| Aug 21, 2014 at 20:05 | comment | added | Kibbee | @PeteH Personally, I think the $100 water bottle cage is the pinnacle of charging what they can get away with. Especially considering a $5 plastic bottle cage will probably weigh about the same, maybe with an additional 5-10 grams. | |
| Aug 21, 2014 at 19:21 | comment | added | PeteH | @Kibbee yep, you've only got to look at carbon pedals to see that. The bike manufacturers will charge whatever they can get away with in the marketplace. Sad but true. Cervelo in particular has a very good name. | |
| Aug 21, 2014 at 17:44 | comment | added | Batman | There isn't really logic to weight weenie-ing, now is there? I wouldn't say its just less material, but a different carbon fiber weave/layup or whatever to get the same shape at a lower weight while claiming the ride characteristics don't change. | |
| Aug 21, 2014 at 17:40 | comment | added | Kibbee | So, let me get this straight, they use less material, are are able to charge $2000 (57%) more? The frames are basically the same identical shape, so the work to create either one should be about the same. People sure will pay a lot for a little bit of weight savings. | |
| Aug 21, 2014 at 17:16 | history | answered | Batman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |