Planet X....how can the offer this?

Needabike

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXSLPR/sl-pro-carbon-sram-red

Caroline_ie

they just sell loads ... economy of scale I suppose.

TinyExplosions

Buying in bulk, and not using the full groupset -the brakes, and crankset aren't SRAM at all.

The finishing kit is also all Planet-X -which is cheap carbon purchased in bulk from China -nothing wrong with it, but that's how it can be cheap

Caroline_ie

... It's not cheap if I can't afford it ...

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

... It's not cheap if I can't afford it ...

Yes it is, you're just poor...

Lumen

TinyExplosions wrote: »

not using the full groupset -the brakes, and crankset aren't SRAM at all. The finishing kit is also all Planet-X -which is cheap carbon purchased in bulk from China -nothing wrong with it, but that's how it can be cheap

^^ This.

It's a weird build. I'd rather have Force than a mashed-up Red group, but I don't think they offer that.

The Planet-X components are fine and all but Red is all about pointless optimisation so that sort of pragmatism looks out of place.

Still would be happy to own one though.

Caroline_ie

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Yes it is, you're just poor...

Thanks for reminding me ... most good cyclists are poor anyway ... i am just following the trend.

TinyExplosions

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Thanks for reminding me ... most good cyclists are poor anyway ... i am just following the trend.

There's nothing wrong with being poor m'dear, most of us are these days!

blorg

Planet X finishing kit (stems, seatposts, bars, etc.) is very high quality, IMO. I'd take it over a lot of established brands any day.

giannip

Like Canyon, they sell direct so the price reflects less overheads / agent fees etc.

savedbythebell

I have mine about 2 weeks, I let it out of my bedroom sometimes

Well built and light at 7.6kgs.

Quigs Snr

As Blorg said, the PX finish kit, although unfashionable compares very favourably with the big name stuff, at any price. Its quite good, not just quite good for the price.

The reason this is all so cheap is as previously mentioned because the SRAM red is really just the shifters and derailleurs, the brakes, cranks, cassette, chains, cables etc.. are all lower end but still ok.

It is still a good deal though, the only thing that puts me off them is that the size small can only accomodate one bottle cage which is no good for long winter spins.

rothar man

Hi folks
got a small frame nanolight earlier this year and love it...in reference to bottle cages,

its true the PX SL pro only accomodates one bottle cage on their small frame but the new nanolight frame accomodates 2 cages including the small frame.

i only have Rival but i have not had any probs and the double tap shifting is great after a couple of rides....

managed to get mine through BTW scheme, which saved me a few quid also. highly reccomend px

jeffwode

The real reason they can offer this so cheap is that they sell directly to their customers, with no mark-up by middlemen and retailers. I've ordered one of these, XL in black and I should have it the week after next. I'm really looking forward to taking delivery. I think it's an really amazing deal. Even at £1499 it would still be a great deal. I reckon Planet X offered this deal to get as much advance cash in as possible to pay for the frames when they arrive (on October 6th). Even if they aren't making much profit they're creating cashflow. Makes good business sense

Planet X is never going to be popular with people who want to spend as much as possible on their gear but the race results speak for themselves. A lot of races and time trials are being won by riders on £1500 bikes. Good to see it.

Ryaner

savedbythebell wrote: »

I have mine about 2 weeks, I let it out of my bedroom sometimes

Well built and light at 7.6kgs.

Slightly off topic but how are you find the sram red front der? Quite a few reports that it is just too soft and at least one pro team running sram red uses the force front der instead.

savedbythebell

Its too early to say, but the shifting is very smooth indeed and almost silent compared to 105 which i used to have. No issues so far but mileage is still low....time will tell, but overall the package is great