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i love specialized. seriously. The Tarmac is a beautiful machine, and the Demos are arguably the first truly remarkable "big bikes". No one builds a meaner XC machine, either. And their P.series bikes are no frills gorgeous fun bikes (although a bit over built). But all of them stand alone and serve a purpose. Even the original Langster unapologetically served a purpose. This bike serves no purpose other than bandwagoning. It isn't even a specialized apparently.
ANd for the record, i know i'm being a bit loud here, but I wouldn't have even chimed in if this board wasn't popping over the thing.
NJS is PURELY a fashionable commodity. In fact it's worse, because not only does it jack the price up, like all fashionable entities, It's actually limit on performance. It's a joke. And better yet? Most NJS frames out there are not just used, but RACED and sold. It's a terrible sickly black market. "Good condition, minor rust, needs paint, only one dent in the top tube, 600 bucks". Smoke and mirrors.