This build costs at least $4,000 but will perform like a $500 hybrid. Why is this allowed?
Slow people want to participate in the biking subculture but are afraid that they will lose face due to a deep rooted belief that bicycles are for poor losers. They're also intimidated by what they regard as "racing bikes" because someone will think they're slow, and they're completely obsessed with how fast they might be perceived as going.So they pay someone to spend as much money as possible to deliver something that is slow, and obviously expensive. That way nobody thinks they're poor, and nobody thinks they were trying to be fast. No on the contrary they want to be slow, ok? If you like going fast you're a judgmental asshole!
>>2023474I can tell you aren't from america. Here "freedom" is still a mantra true citizens follow, so they don't need to ask "why is X allowed".Performance of a bike is 95% rider so yes any fancy bike can perform slower or as slow as a faster rider on a beater.
>>2023474>that gearing
>>2023474>This build costs at least $4,000Yeah and? Theres a lot of expensive parts on that bike.>Why is that allowed?You know that some people have jobs and can afford a 4k bike which is not really that expensive desu. My mtb build did also cost over 4k same as my DH bike.And dont get me started about my road bike.
>>2023474>Why is this allowed?Because the world has bigger problems than trying enforce what aesthetics people choose to spend their money on.>This build [...] will perform like a $500 hybrid.I don't actually believe that's true. Not in all aspects of a bike's qualities. Certainly there are diminishing returns on investment, but nicer parts will make for a nicer bike to ride and to work on, and nicer parts cost more money.
>>2023488>true citizenshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
>>2023488>it's not the bike it's the engineI remember when all I could afford was a gaspipe bsostay strong lil poorfriend :(
>>2023506>muh fallaciesnot my problem. True americans know who they are. >>2023509>mamil posting
>>2023475fpbp
>>2023511Ever notice how everyone says they'd buy the slow thing if they had money but as soon as they have the money the story changes and they're jerking off over their super record F12 with 5 inches of spacers under the aerocockpit? Riding a bike and enjoying the sensation of speed are inseparable and denying this always sounds like rationalization or cope, because it is.
>>2023474because building something custom with custom low run parts is fun for people with the money to do so
>>2023509Post bike
>>2023514>everyone says they'd buy the slow thing if they had moneyNobody says that, besides you head ghosts. Take your meds, schizo.
>>2023475rent free
>>2023474Cuz you give them money?
>>2023474>his build costs at least $4,000 but will perform like a $500 hybrid. Why is this allowed?free market, my dude. i HATE crust as a company but i would never try to stop them from selling their shit unless it was straight-up dangerous to the end-user.
>>2023514Riding fast bikes slow is more fun than trying to ride a slow bike fast.And I'd much rather have a 3500 usd Giant TCR 105 with the aforementioned fred stack. Its more fun to ride, it fits 33mm tires and its fun and fast.
>>2023583Plus we are into the hobby. Never underestimate how much casuals lean on aesthetics. And crust is super about fashion.
>>2023586>this is only a deposit :: the total price for the buffed raw aluminum frame and silver powdered steel fork is $2200, half due now, the other half before shipping :: a colored powder coat will be available for $200 extra. I will email customers about that when the time comes :: once the bikes go into production in November, it becomes a non refundable deposit.Lmao
>>2023584>Riding fast bikes slow is more fun than trying to ride a slow bike fast.This.Personally, I want a fast bike. But I definitely want to be able to put fenders on it, maybe a rear rack. That bike should have a standard, non-proprietary seat post, and all the fasteners should be tightened without a torque wrench. At the same time, if possible, I would like the frame not to crack into pieces after a fall. Unfortunately, the shitty bike industry does not make such bikes. Anything "fast" is just overpriced disposable crap.
>>2023584>I'd much rather haveAbout 8 years ago I bought myself a carbon Bianca. I rode it for a month. Then one day I leaned it against the railing while opening the door. The bike slid and hit the railing with its top tube. The force of the impact was probably 5 Newtons max. And guess what? A crack went from the steering column along the entire top tube for half the frame.So no, I will never buy carbon crap again in my life. It's a marketing ploy to convince goyim to buy disposable bikes.
>>2023595post pics of the crack or made up bullshit from some neet poorfag
>>2023593Poe's law in full effect here
>>2023592the fork is what gets me. looks like the fork on my old charge plug (gaspipe shitter). how can anyone defend this? >but made in USAif that's the best MIUSA can do maybe it's time to just accept the superiority of the greater sinosphere
>>2023619Yes, that style of fork is bottom of the barrel in terms of how much it costs to make which is why you see them on walmart bikesmost people say they ride like shit too
>>2023474just say you can't afford it
>>2023619>>2023620there's literally nothing wrong with a unicrown its how mtb forks were made for 30 years you see diamond frames on walmart bikes too
>>2023626Only downside is aesthetic, and when you stop looking it's fine(imo).If I want an aesthetic bike it's going to be british for curly lugs, french for weirdness, italians, or japanese for chromework.I would go american for geo and history since so many older american custom builders learned from the greats, or pushed mainstream brands like specialized and trek along.Obviously that frame needs campy mtb groupset.....
>>2023474t looks revolting, like a 90s mtb with too much bad taste bling put together by a childless male with peter pan syndrome and a disturbing fondness for kids.Picrel cost me £500 7 years ago, it has soul, rides beautifully and actually IS what the Crust is trying desperately to be.
>>2023632Absolutely sick frame. And it's fucking titanium. that fork is insane, what is it? Crust is cringe. Straight gauge aluminum was available from Nashbar.com for $99 per frame and it was a bad deal. $2000 is insane
>>2023638>that fork... what is it?Trimnel dual crown forks.
You _need_ more?
>>2023721how much did you pay for that thing, hipster
>>2023721Yes. I need my than one hand position
>>2023474>>2023592>>20236325k for rim brakes, you are all old fags stuck in the past.Not only that but you also match colors like some feminine bitch would sort and match her bookcase books, talk about immature and "bling" behavior you absolute moron, at least 90ies normies into adventure sports where the first at something, you place second at being gay projector.
>>2023858kys lmao
>>2023857Poor boomer can't get comfortable
>>2023475Why not just get a cheap fixed gear then?
>>2023474I wouldn't buy a bike without dick breaks today.
Poorfag cope thread, just ride you fags.
>>2023593Speed doesn't come out of thin air. You're simply sacrificing reliability and safety for speed. Narrow, light slick tires and rims - less rolling resistance - higher chance of spokes warping and breaking - higher chance of tire blowout - higher chance of falling at speed - inability to ride off-road.Aluminum frame and fork - higher stiffness - less rolling resistance - more vibration in your arms, legs, and butt - lower strength - higher chance of failure.
>>2023722t. Seething poor
>>2023474I worked in a custom electric guitar shop for a while. Do NOT underestimate what some people will convince themselves is a good price. It doesn't matter if they're rich- as soon as they get their paws on some money, be it tax return season, a windfall, (favorable) divorce, or just a little they managed to keep in the bank for several months by some miracle, they will be racing to get rid of it. They jump on reddit and youtube and whip themselves up into a frenzy. Only something from this price point, this brand, this builder will do. You can buy something cheaper, but pretty soon you'll max it out. You'll regret it. Might as well spend the money now. It's an investment. They've come a long way with (thing.) Only (person) knows how to do it. You'll feel it. It's the "endgame." It doesn't matter if they have less skill than your 3 year old niece, this is how they think. And then next month the interest kicks in on their car loan and they're back to bitching about obama or whatever the fuck
>>2023474A lot of upgrades make a bike worse to ride, or at least less enjoyable
>>2023858love me some rim brakes although I don't ride in the wet or even hit puddles. Discs aren't worth the weight penalty
>>2026903>if you laugh at me wasting money you must be envious and poor
>>2026936i'm laughing at you having no money and also not having a cool 90's mountain bike actually
>>2026947well the jokes on you because I have something even more obscure and less efficient >>2026954
>>2023721>need moreyesthe rigid stumpies i've had were actually surprisingly heavy with kinda meh paintthey're still mass produced taiwanese bikes, not comparable to something properly exotic with higher spec tubing. I really dislike the original bars on 90s mtb. Riser bar adds so much style. The cantis are cool but those cheap 'vintage' pads... wtf. Not running kool stop eagle pads on nice smooth post cantis is peak retardation. Also don't like the (wild gripr?) colour tires, the colours clash and coloured tires almost never look good. Also don't like XTR. XT II is a much more elegant and utilitarian groupset. Is that a fucking plastic bottle cage wtf? and 1024x682 'bike porn' is pointless. A nice bike deserves a nice pic.
>>2026919thanks obama>>2026936I thank them, since it spurs on new ideas and products to be made.
>>2023474>will perform like a $500 hybridlol no
>>2026932>Discs aren't worth the weight penaltylol
>>2026963cmon bro it won't be that much worse than the hybrid
>>2023858>matching color make me angry >:(
>>2023474Clown bike, Crusty is the perfect name. What disturbs me the most is that this is aimed at grown men.Imagine being an adult male and buying that, forget how shit it clearly is, the cheapo aluminum frame, shoddy forks etc, but the way it fucking looks!The fact that there are men alive today who will get the 50Y face when they see that bike is depressing as fuck.
>>2023475unironically true and its sad
>>2023475rent fucking freee holy shit lmao
God this guy is such a fucking faggot and a scammer, I don't understand why anyone gives him the time of day, either in the industry or just as a buyer.
>>2027572elaborate
>>2023475Funny to see how defensive some people got at this post>oh oh oh he means me! now I'm mad!
>>2027578He does not seem to have any credentials or achievements to his name yet companies are lining up to build (shitty) bikes branded by him and riders are lining up to buy them.I don't even know how he got famous, did people mistake him for Jeff Jones or something?
>>2027603he rides more than you or i ever will. has the grungy whiteboi aesthetic that people eat up. has a thin asian gf. i'm not defending this guy nor do i want or own anything of his, but the above is why people are fawning for him.
>>2027604Does he really?You can take a year's worth of instagram photos on a one week ride, does he post his trips anywhere?
>>2027572Looks like some hipster, am I supposed to know who this is?
>>2027572I saw him on my local bike trail with a bag of cans.
>>2027604>he rides more than you or i ever willstrava or gtfo
>>2027607probably his blog? >>2027613i don't use strava
>>2027572Yeah ever seen I started seeing him everywhere I thought the same. Him and his ilk pop up in pathlesspedaled type videos and bemoan the state of modern cycling with electronic groups and hydro brakes and pas normal kits etc but make their living selling trendy, way overpriced steel frames with 100 dollar each tires. Crust had this video where they were at Midsouth or Unbound and intimated that they were so much cooler because they were on steel frames and straight bars but those bikes definitely cost more and generally are way less accessible than an alloy Canyon that any normie can afford and use to get into the sport.
>>2023474Ugh, the perfect travel bike just dropped.
>>2027806>pas
>>2027815All I know about pas normal is theyve got knockoffs all over ali of their boring kits. Also I saw a big tittied girl at a roundabout in full Pas Normal Flesh colored kit. So im all good with Pas Normal
What happens if you have a nice carbon bike then also get a cool hipster TI or steel all roadie with 38c tanwall tires and a barrel bag on your saddle?Do you become a cyclist that is Two Wolves?
>>2027824Carbon is for tards and sponsored single usage racers, that's already been established and is universally accepted as a fact.Steel is real and Ti is better. Aluminum is one rung about carbon but many rungs below good quality steel.
>>2027832poorfag
>>2027806>selling trendy, way overpriced steel framesIf fucking only. They sell criminally overpriced ALUMINUM frames.
>>2027572This guy is the cycling Steve Jobs, complete with his own reality distortion field and a fanbase quickly approaching a cult.Interestingly, he doesn't seem to have much of a following in communities that actually ride bikes like mtbr or singletrackworld, only on reddit.
>>2027841>They sell criminally overpriced ALUMINUM frames.ThisPersonally I wish them well, retards deserve to be fleeced.
>>2027839copefag
>>2027841oh wow, i assumed the crust/squid/rodeo/standert whatever else similar brands these overage hipsters shill were steel. i get it to an extent, i wanted a surly for the longest time and ended up getting one in like 2019, overpriced for what it was. I should have just gotten the state allroad but whatever. at least I don't brag about the utility and reparability of having a 3x with friction shifting when the only thing I do is ride to the coffee shop and back to get footage for youtube.
>>2028011>I wanted a surly for the longest timeembarrassing
>>2027839Amazing how much cope you were able to fit into a single word
>>2028016not anon but surly is the most 'normie' of the steel hipster brands, and could fit wide tires before lots of others, seems pretty reasonable to want one.inb4 90s mtn bike meme
>>2028067It was mostly a joke, and I guess there are people who want bikes to match their black car.
>>2028070>people who want bikes to match their black carisnt that the people who want a black specialized tarmac?
>>2023492>paying more than 1K for a bikeokay
>>2027806basically, the cancer that killed cycling
