Interesting.
I was hoping they might be a bit less expensive with their first frame to see how the market took to them. Considering my aluminum Team Soloist was about 1/2 that price for frame alone, I was wishful thinking.

I LOVE the looks of this--I don't even like mtbs much, but this could make me change my mind.

Nice write-up at Competitive Cyclist as well:

http://tinyurl.com/dxwsyfy

Surprised they got to take BBright with them.

BBRight is licenesed openly and anyone can get on board for no charge.

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Rodney
TrainingPeaks | Altra Running | RAD Roller
http://www.goinglong.ca

Ah, didn't know. Thanks.

LOVE, hopefully it's as good as it looks and sounds

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It is better to do the right thing and be paid poorly,
than to do the wrong thing and be rewarded richly.

Specs here http://www.opencycle.com/hardtail-O-1.0.aspx

Looks very slick but I am sure it is pricey. They don't list a price and "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" :)

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Rodney
TrainingPeaks | Altra Running | RAD Roller
http://www.goinglong.ca

The bike looks amazing!

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Shawn
TORRE Consulting Services, LLC
http://www.TORREcs.com

Prices for frameset + complete build:

Competitive Cyclist

Superbike prices....

Gracious that is a lot of dime for a HT, even one as light and sexy as that.

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-Andrew Saar
It is better to do the right thing and be paid poorly,
than to do the wrong thing and be rewarded richly.

They have prices on their website:
http://opencycle.com/...-O-1.0/specs-prices/
$2700 for frame, $3400 for frame and crank
Then they have a $6500 package and a $12000 package

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That's alot of coin. You can get a custom Ti for that much.

How light is the frame? I didn't see a weight at a quick glance.

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Styrrell

Wouldn't engineered on the same level, though

850-900gr

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http://cds-0.blogspot.com

not so fast - those prices aren't in USD, they're in swiss francs

-mike

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Someone must not've told Competitive Cyclist then.

you know, if you don't use pink, there are too many people here that won't know you're joking :)

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"I like you. I'll gladly sit down and have dinner with you after the race. But when the gun goes off, I pretty much hate you, and I want to stomp your guts out. That's racing." -Rappstar

http://train4autism.org/

Where've you guys been:

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They are paying serious homage to the carbon cannondale flash 29er here, same concept almost same shape.

Looks like only a slightly nicer version of my chinese carbon 29er frame which I picked up for $500...I'm not really seeing anything mind blowing.

How much does it weigh/ where did you get it?

A top of the line full suspension frame with shock can be had for that price like the Niner Jet9 RDO, and how much R&D has that frame got in it.

Plus the conventional wisdom for most MTB and Xterra courses (excepting very smooth and non-technical ones) is that a good efficient suspension is more important than weight. It is similar to the way that aero trumps weight in tri bikes. Hardtails are kind of old school. You see very few of them at Xterra races, and the people who are sponsored and can ride whatever they want are almost always on dual suspension 29er bikes.

For the amount of money they want you can buy a mountain bike that will be demonstrably faster on all but the smoothest uphill courses.