Foffa Bikes

What? They're selling a bike for nearly 3,000 quid?

They found a niche within the market - people without the LFGSS access.

I entered the competition at the Bike Show. Will produce destruction video if I win.

LAWL!

Three gorillas. GTF

Could it be a typo? Or even a clever ploy to get publicity?!

£296.50...

http://urbanvelo.org/oury-grips/
http://foffabikes.com/index?pid=116&cid=19&act=shp&lnk=7
wonder if they will be around in 27 years time like the grip firm he copied?
sort the seat angles out too.

And they're more expensive than their original counterparts.

WAC.

not sure if re or if belongs here: http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/byob-rebuild-your-own-squashed-bike-8462718.html?origin=internalSearch

I'm all for private enterprise and anyone going out there and doing their thing.

But what I could do with 3 grand! Imagine what you could build. Is he smoked up, coked up or doped up?

Assume it's some kind of custom paint job or something - if you do a build on their site it comes in fair bit less.

it is a sticker. still shit, over priced tat

Dani Foffa, got lots of feedback, still employed shit mechanic.

not sure if re or if belongs here: http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/byob-rebuild-your-own-squashed-bike-8462718.html?origin=internalSearch

A hundred and twenty quid for vinyl stickers?

Piss taking cunt.

still employed shit mechanic.

I thought you worked at Evans?

Can vouch for Andrew at the Wimbledon Evans, brilliant mechanic.

Dear all,

it looks like this thread is one of the most entertaining of the LFGSS forum for some, however since a lot of people are viewing this and get biased by the users that don't get the full picture, I feel obliged to clarify a few points:

Apollo, you seem to be very surprised to see one of our bikes going for almost £3000, but you have failed to acknowledge the components that went on this bike (image here http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gallery/article/london-bike-show-2013-big-gallery-ii-36243/16)

Here is a breakdown of all the parts that went on there. If you can find a bike with the same parts for less then please let us know:

• Foffa Columbus tubing lugged DB frame RRP £300 (if anybody knows of anybody that offers a Columbus tubing lugged DB frame for that money let us know!)
  
• Tifosi 1" Carbon Road forks RRP £119.99
  
• Miche 1'' headset RRP £19.99
  
• Deda UltraCarbon stem RRP £43.99
  
• Cinelli Vai XL Shadow handlebar RRP £29.99
  
• Deda bar tape RRP 5.99
  
• Campag Chorus groupset RRP £1254.99
  
• Campag Chorus chain RRP £41.99
  
• Miche SuperType seatpost RRP £55.99
  
• Fizik Antares Braided saddle RRP 269.99
  
• standard pedals RRP £19.99
  
• Campag Bullet Ultra 80 wheel set RRP £1317.99
  
• rim tape + inner tubes RRP 5.99 x 2
  
• Vittoria Zaffiro tyres RRP 14.99 x 2
  
  

So the total would be £3522.85 and this doesn't even include labour costs! So I am really curious to hear (using your words) how can we 'infuriate you' so much if all we are trying to do is make high quality custom built bikes affordable?
I appreciate our first bikes were not at the highest standards but that was over 3 years ago, things have changed a lot since and we would appreciate that people started to recognise that rather than keep slagging off genuine and passionate brands on forums.

Howard, the reason why on the bike builder it works out as a bit less is that on our bike builder we haven't yet added the Carbon forks and stem option. The bike was built for the show to show what is possible.

Edscoble, just so you know we do listen to customers and have changed our mechanics after feedback from this forum as well. We let our previous one go after he damaged one of our customers's beautiful Donohue custom builds without letting us (and the customer) know, for which we paid for the full repair and re-paint job of the frame and gave the customer a full service free of charge. The customer is more than happy with the way we dealt with this situation.
Our new chief mechanic has 12 years of experience in the industry, Cytech and weldtech certificates, and was even one of the mechanics for the Team GB Triathlon guys.

Our team always listens to constructive feedback from anyone in the bike community. So if anyone has suggestions that will help us become a better brand, feel free to contact any of us directly rather than hiding behind made up usernames on forums like this one.

All the best,

Dani

fair play for standing up for yourself and presenting a good argument!

Thumbs down for Foffa.

Maybe the question should be, why put £3,200 worth of parts, on a £300 frame?!

That is an excellent question.

Maybe the question should be, why put £3,200 worth of parts, on a £300 frame?!

+1

So the total would be £3522.85 and this doesn't even include labour costs!

wow.

affordable

what? even by BLB standards that is a joke...

this is a bike that costs over £3k

noone in their right mind would pay £3k+ for Chromor tubing no matter how many times you've polished it.

hiding behind made up usernames on forums like this one.

Oh and Apollo is my real name. as is Ed Scoble's.

The bike would be faster than a £3,200 frame, with £300 worth of parts, though.

If we're talking speed and sense James, surely something like a PX RT-57 for £1299, plus some fancy wheels, would be around half the RRP of this, and leave change for that 2 week cycling holiday through the Pyrenees this summer....

Maybe the question should be, why put £3,200 worth of parts, on a £300 frame?!

For the bike show, to get attention. I doubt they are expecting anyone to actually buy it.

I have about £2k parts on my CAAD9 frame that I picked up for £350. But hey.

why put £3,200 worth of parts, on a £300 frame?!

Why not?

The bike would be faster than a £3,200 frame, with £300 worth of parts

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It's like the people who wonder whether it's worth pimping a Pompino, because the frame only costs £99. If the frame is already doing everything you want it to, though, why go out and spend extra on something either worse or the same with more brand tax?

Obviously there are some questionable and inelegant component choices on the Foffa, as you would expect, but that's not to say that it wouldn't be possible for somebody, who knew about bicycles and with some taste, to build a £3k bike around the Foffa frame which you snobs would post in the porn thread if it had different decals.