Quote Originally Posted by Triskeliongirl View Post
Crumpton is an excellent carbon builder, but they cost much more than $3000. I have seen his bikes, they are light and beautiful.

Since there is so much uncertaintly can you drive to a city with more bikes she could test ride?
Yeah, I did see Crumpton's website...frames alone are in the $4k's. When she starts racing and wins the Women's Masters road race, she'll be ready for that, but I have to be reasonable about how much bike she actually NEEDS. I am actually considering driving with her up to Little Rock (7 hours away -lots of gas used for something that's not NECESSARY - would feel VERY much like we're giving the big middle finger to the environment, but I digress) to demo some bikes at Competitive Cyclist. Baton Rouge is 1.5 hours away (I live in New Orleans) and there are a couple more shops. I called all of the Orbea dealers within 200 miles and no one has the Diva in stock.