those of you on our newsletter list are going to get an email this morning about a special price on the remaining diamondback andeans. the new owner of the diamondback brand, alta cycling, has chosen not to continue down the road of triathlon. accordingly, the 50 or so remaining bikes and frames are going to get closed out. they’re on sale now on DB’s site, for about 18 percent off. there’s a special code for slowtwitchers that will take another 28 percent off of the discounted price. so, a $4,500 Andean is now a $2,500 and so on throughout the line.
what i found interesting is that these are quite late model. not from a year or two ago. for example, the top model’s build is 12sp SRAM AXS, about as recent as you can get. but i digress.
the point of this thread is that those who’ll get the email will be directed to a thread, and this is it. fredly on the forum will curate the thread. he ran the Andean program at DB, and he’s been contracted to answer questions.
here are the Andeans, on DB’s public site. the sale price is before the discount. the slowtwitcher final price is very close to half off the original price. i’ll let fredly take it from here.
Does an Andean plus wheels fit in a standard bike box?
I have a Trico Sports Iron Case which is a tank but the Andean is a mass of carbon and looks to have the potential to be a geometric challenge to pack. I also know they designed a custom bag for traveling with the bike which indicates it may not play nice with normal bags/boxes/
Does an Andean plus wheels fit in a standard bike box?
The answer to this one is “it depends”. The downtube fin on the Andean can definitely make it a challenge to fit in most cases. You can fit an Andean in some of the rectangular hard cases, but I have not tried to do so with the Trico. My experience has been that even knowing the internal dimensions doesn’t really suffice to say yay or nay, as the padding and the way reinforcing protrusions line up can make a big difference, and it’s really necessary to try and put one in a specific case to provide a reliable answer.
That’s really a long winded way of saying “I don’t know”. Sorry!
Diamondback stopped producing the proprietary bag/case for the Andean a while back, and recommend the DaKine Bike Roller bag. I’ve flown all over the planet with one of these, and have been quite pleased with it.
I believe Dan is doing final edits on the mailing as I write this. If you’re subscribed to the weekly newsletter (sign up on the bottom right of this page!) you’ll see it in your inbox soon.
Thanks Dan, I got the email and was tentatively interested until I clicked on the Diamondback website - what on earth did they to the bikes from release? The current paintjobs are horrible IMO, and far inferior to what the bikes launched with. Still, sorry to see another brand get out of the business.
Would this be US only or available in Canada as well?
Hi Maurice,
I’m double checking to make sure, but 99.99999% sure this is US only. Even if it is possible to order direct to Canada, it would almost certainly be less expensive to ship through a forwarding company like MYUS.com. We shipped a lot of bikes through them when I was in-house at Diamondback.
Just to make sure people get the full discount available, I wanted to post some details about the login procedure at the Diamondback site we sent out in the mailer…
You will need to register on the site to utilize the code. If you have registered on this Diamondback site before, you will likely need to use a different email address to sign up with the special group discount code we’re using for this promotion. This isn’t the “normal” Diamondback site so odds are this won’t be an issue for most people.
When you do sign up, simply input the code at the bottom of the page in the “Organization code” box.
after you have signed up, please log out, and then log back in. This will re-set things, and make the correct pricing appear. If you don’t log out/back in, you won’t get the full discount!
In the body of the email, you will see the code in all caps just above the De Soto deal. Literally the last words in the Diamondback part of the email.
So I have unusual body dimensions. Short legs, long torso. In 5’10" but 30" pants inseam. Typically a 54cm. Height Wise site says a large but I assume Id be a medium. Any thoughts?
I’m 5’9" with a 28 inch inseam, and a small works best for me. I ride with a fairly low front end even relative to my short legs, though, and that’s a bigger limitation than the reach. But that’s me! It really does vary quite a lot.
