Comments on: Interbike: Moots Comooter – $8750

By: girlteam

girlteam — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:11:19 +0000

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By: mtnman4life

mtnman4life — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Ahhhhhhh, it seems that there are many different opinions out there about this bike, the one common ground is that everyone agrees that it is beautiful and expensive.

Sure it tailors to the rich, but hey at least they are riding a bike to work(or just to the coffee shop) and that means one less car on the road contributing CO2 to the world and that is more important than all.

Lets not bash those who choose to ride to work but instead give them a high five, no matter what they are riding.

Cheers!

P.S. Get a New York lock for the bike, even if someone tries to steal it from you you can hit them over the head with it and its great for strength training. Ha!

P.S.S If I had to much cash I would buy one cause its sexy!

By: redcliffs

redcliffs — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:12:44 +0000

To piggy-back on what sped said a couple of posts up, you can indeed go the crosser route — I just did — but if you were to build it with a nearly identical build kit, you’d be pretty close to $8750 anyway.

I have to say, I saw the bike at the Rocky Mt. Bike Show yesterday, and while it is undoubtedly beautiful, the rep seemed awfully non-chalant about its cost. Then again, I suppose you’d need to come off that way to have any hope of people taking you seriously — he did confirm that there have been orders (of course), though I didn’t ask, and he didn’t say, how many.

By: rudy smith

rudy smith — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:46:52 +0000

I will buy one of these babies and add it to my stable of other incredible highend two wheel wonder toys – as soon as my broken neck heals!

By: heretic

heretic — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:46:03 +0000

question:
why does a dog lick his b@lls?

a) because they taste good

-or-

b) because he can

pandering to blatantly elitist consumerism- disgusting.

whatever the reason moots chose to produce this thing, it is a clear display of bad taste… all of the beautiful craftsmanship and giblets aside. they could do so much better, yet they consistently fail to do so by choosing to take the easy route over and over again (i.e. still using cheesy shims on their bars, p.o.s. aluminum smoothie, etc). the flaming downward spiral continues unabated ever since Kent left the place, imho.

btw, i myself am an owner of one of their bike products. just had to put it out there before the flamefest begins.

By: Sped

Sped — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:24:10 +0000

You can get a Moots commuter for less but it won’t be COMOOTER. The Comooter is being sold as complete only. If you want a Moots commuter but don’t want to pay the $8750 order a Psyclo-x with rack and fender mounts. Also the upward curved TT and scalloped seat binder are exclusive to the Comooter. You also have to take into account that it’s built to last with low maintenance.

By: Brandon Crichton

Brandon Crichton — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:27:30 +0000

The price tag is perfect! This is the sort of stuff we need to see. Sure many of us (if not all) will never own one of these. But then again we all ride the bikes that we ride for a reason. I ride a $500 self-built GT because I simply do not have the money for more. But if I had that type of disposable income, damn right I would drop $9000 on a bike like that.

So, what about the affluent banker that rolls to work in his BMW/MERCEDES/HUMMER… the car that shows how well he/she is doing. Well, this sort of bike is targeted to that market. And we should all be cheering that this type of design is around.

If this expensive bike makes it into the hands of a CEO that has decided to sell his symbolic SUV in exchange for some other symbol of affluence (This bike) then rock on! commuters gained one more to the mass!

seriously, this type of design is good. It creates competition in these niche markets that we all hope explode in the next few years.

I say congrats to Moots for stepping forward and recognizing that person “A” earning $500,000/yr now has another way to show his/her wealth. by bike!

By: David Reynolds

David Reynolds — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 14:00:40 +0000

For $8750 I can buy a really nice motorcycle,use it to commute and use the extra time I save not riding the bus to ride the road bikes I already have. $8K for a commuter bike? LOL

By: redcliffs

redcliffs — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:58:36 +0000

Gorgeous. Like all high-end bikes that are sold frame-only, it can be built for much, much less than $8K — Moots will provide you as much as you want, but you can also build it off your own bike, ebay and craigs list. That’s not to say it’s cheap, though — the frame will still probably run $3K.

By: Josh M

Josh M — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:26:52 +0000

Oh, yeah, there’s no arguing that it’s not a work of art. It’s just way out of my league… but then again, I’ve never bought art…

Also, don’t get me wrong… I’d LOVE one of these… but there’s at least 5 other bikes that I really want… and I could buy all 5 of them for the price of this…

Maybe I buy them…