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No I just know that a year of dispatching will result in a bike that is stuffed. So for them to offer you the same frame with slightly lower spec is reasonable. The tubing is the same, all that differed is the smoothing of the welds. It makes no difference at all to the ride. Tyres will, tubing possibly, welds SFA.aphronesis said:No, I probably cracked it riding from Mendocino to SF. And "dispatched on it for a year."
Geometry on the Comp and Pro may have been the same, but the materials and ride were not. The pro rode closer to an S-Works, the comp rides like a pig.
Regardless of how you want to argue it the fundamental are as follows: the Pro sold for one price, the S works higher, the Comp eventually lower. Components aside, these were the frame alone prices.
Moreover, you want to seize on the sale, that's fine, but Specialized doesn't control the sale rates of one's LBS, they ship product and thenwarranty the frame through said dealer.
So I'm not clear what you're telling me. A moral?
And just to go a little further and give you the benefit of the doubt, the component kit on the comp was significantly less than on the pro (ask around) --fixed market having taken off--they graciously allowed me to keep and swap the components that I saw useable
i don't need a lesson in how a manufacturer operates or how they deal with warranty, having been in the trade for nigh on 20 years. Sounds more like the shop you dealt with was not going to bat for you. That makes all the difference in the world with Specialized in my experience.