06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1

11-01.-2006, 10:34 AM	#1
jetsan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: under my doona where the carny folk cant get me. Posts: 43	06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1 Hey all, im asking the questing here because i want a racers opinion as thats what ill be doing with it. So as in a previous post i got bunted off a car last week and the insurance company is going to pay up, yay me. My 05 ocr zero with a new back wheel and some work will do me fine for the work commute but im well keen to do some crits and road racing, with the insurance money im gettting the choice is between.......... 06 tcr c2- full carbon whatnot, i like for the fact that everbody keeps raveing about how nice a full carbon bike is, but its 105, but has mavic rims.... http://www.giant-bicycles.com/au/03...asp?model=10027 06 tcr 1- allum, but full ultegra kit, and 550s that i have on the ocr and well, there not brill... http://www.giant-bicycles.com/au/03...asp?model=10026 love to hear peoples yays or nays on both bikes, should be test riding some next week or week after when my hip heals. __________________ All the buttox height self despensing toilet paper a man could hope for.

12-01.-2006, 01:37 AM	#2
artmichalek Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Burlington, VT Posts: 2,003	Re: 06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1 Now that 105 has been upgraded to 10 speed, there won't be much of a serious performance gain by going up to Ultegra. Test ride both and go with the frame that feels best to you.

19-01.-2006, 01:03 PM	#3
JTE83 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,221	Re: 06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1 Giant road bikes are nice - I have 2 of them. But lately I've been looking at a Raleigh Prestige (around $1900). The Raleigh Team is nice too. http://www.raleighusa.com/items.asp?deptid=5&itemid=295 Tell me what you think of Raleigh.

19-01.-2006, 05:49 PM	#4
jetsan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: under my doona where the carny folk cant get me. Posts: 43	Re: 06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1 the raleigh looks good but i dont think we even get them here in aus........? still waiting for the cheque from the insurance company, dam i feel fat and lazy not being on the bike two weeks. __________________ All the buttox height self despensing toilet paper a man could hope for.

20-01.-2006, 12:27 PM	#5
JTE83 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,221	Re: 06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1 I just ordered a Raleigh Prestige 06 model with the 05 Ritchey Protocol 1350 gram wheels and a Stronglight Pulsion crank, no BB, -- for $1940 shipped. Awesome deal and better specs than many other $2000 + US bikes. email flashgb00@sbcglobal.net -- Freewheeler bike shop in Grand Rapids, MI, USA. I don't know if they ship to Australia, but they give good deals on Raleigh bikes. Tell them Jesse Evangelista mentioned this to you! Why are bikes and stuff so expensive in Australia? Like what are the typical salaries of Australians based on the job they do?

20-01.-2006, 01:26 PM

parawolf

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Re: 06 tcr c2 V 06 tcr 1

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Originally Posted by JTE83

Why are bikes and stuff so expensive in Australia? Like what are the typical salaries of Australians based on the job they do?

Shipping distances for one thing, probably has import taxes as well to add. And then there is the fun thing of the exchange rate (~US$0.72 to the AU$1.00).

Also salaries vary a bit, and are probably a lot worse $ for $ in Australia vs say Bay Area or New York. However having said that, other cost of living is not as great as either of those areas.

I am a 'well' paid IT geek, and I earn about AU$90k/US$64k a year. Australia is also one of the highest taxed countries in the world. So out of that $90k I see about AU$60k/US$44k.

So yes, most of us are used to getting shafted for just about anything imported into Australia.

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