Why I need to buy this bike! Moots Vamoots CRD review 

The bike Market has gone nuts. Let's put some cables in hollow tubes... We call that integration and charge 7k for it.

This is the Rolls Royce of bikes. It has the same qualities. It’s beautiful, well engineered with the latest tech, last forever almost, and expensive. Hiding the cables makes it look modern, and makes it more aero too. I would love to have one.

Have been riding Colnago bikes for last 20 years, am used to exspensive gear. last year I bought Routt 45 as gravel bike - I was blown away with high quality… only Passoni has such high quality finishing… I owned Ti bikes before but there is something with Moots that is special. So special that I sold my c64 and ordered this CRD - will be keeping my C60 art decor as my only carbon bike. Than one is too special to sell. Nothing beats titanium paired with carbon fork

Once in a blue moon headset bearing replacement is 2x a year for me, I ride in conditions worse than sunny days, on whatever bike I feel like riding that day. It's a bike, not a garage queen, and for what they cost, it's getting ridden. Integration looks so clean and fancy, but for people like me, it's a total pain. Dig the bike though, and Moots.

This is what i call a poster bike, because that's all i can afford a poster of it 😂

Even if I could afford it, I wouldn't spend that much on a bike.

1000 cc motorbike money with abs, traction control etc etc where the hell do they get these prices!!. Cycling is definitely the new golf!!.

This bike has checked all the boxes I’m looking for. Need to start saving for one. Thanks for showing it to us, I can now stop searching for the ultimate road bike.

I've seen a few Moots bikes over the years. I have a Seven titanium bike that I've been riding 20 years. Handles and looks just like I bought it yesterday.

I ride a Habanero Ti bike (classic Team Nuevo with rim brakes...Not sure they make those anymore.) I love Titanium and while I tend to cycle through Cannondale frames every few years; the Ti is my 'forever' bike 🙂 However, the Moots looks awesome and we all love your video's, David! Thanks for this one.

Great video Dave. Like others have said, it’s like seeing super cars being reviewed on top gear. A lottery winning dream bike for sure. I’ve got a NorthRoad Ti gravel bike on order, I envision this being the one and only bike I ride with a couple of sets of wheels.

Full integration-- a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. Disc brakes, press in bottom brackets, we can keep going. Want to make pulling your stem or working on your headset a day-long odyssey? That's the way!

Great review and feedback David! Beautiful machine! I agree with you that it needs the Ti seat post and stem for the complete finished look. When you take the BMC Teammachine MPC frameset at $12,000 it’s up there with the most expensive in the world that money can buy!

This should have been released on April fools day, 13 thousands dollars, the bike industry is taking the piss and I hope there's a collapse in the market. Even using materials such as titanium the cost of the materials in a single bike can't be more than £1500 so we left to believe their labour costs etc account for rest! Strange that bikes became ever more expensive as the interest in bikes started to rise..hmmm.

Love your videos and very nice looking bike. This isn’t throwing shade at Moots or you - but the whole bit around a Ti-bike being the “last one you buy” seems like an odd justification for buying it. It’s not the material that will fail you - it’s the likelyhood that you won’t be able to buy a top end group to match this in 5-10 years because of the changing standards. My cross bike from 7 years ago already has 3 outdated standards (thru axle diameter, post mount disc, 11 speed drivetrain) which will make it harder to buy components as time goes on. I’m curious how these fully integrated headsets will age and if you will be able to even buy it in a decade if the industry does not embrace it. Eh. The reality is that if you are spending $15k on this bike you dgaf and will buy another new $15k bike in 5 years - which is another way to solve the problem : )

I love everything about that bike! Even the stem, handle bar and seat post. But that price….insane!

if I had the money, this frame set would literally be at the top of my list for a long term dream bike build.

I'm a massive fan of Ti frameset's, starting with a Greg Lemond mtb hardtail back in the mid 90's, which was a Lynskey built frame. Moving on to 2009 and the original OnOne Ti 456 frame, again a Lynskey built frame which led to the road going Sportive...... Now, while I'm a Lynskey fan, that Moots is something else! , it is simply gorgeous! 🤩🤩🤩, if not for the price! 😲

Thanks for the review. Moots is my dream bike and I live 2.5 hours from Steamboat, but like you said it is very pricy. I currently have Carver Ti roadbike about 12 years old with disk brakes.

Great video. Love that they’ve gone internal with cables. Price is obscene. I ride a Litespeed T1SL and it’s rocket fast - I wish it had internal cables. Titanium rocks!!!

Makes me want a C68!

'I'd own this bike in a heartbeat, but I can't afford it. My hands have gone numb, and I can't feel parts of my face', AND still you stayed out in the freezing cold - Hopefully we've all felt this when you come across a machine thats a revelation. What is surprising is that its Titanium thats caused it, there are quite a few makers in the UK. Perhaps you could show us some of them - then maybe we might be able to afford it. Great vid

Love the ‘gentleman rider’ comment, which is very true…gorgeous bike

👍 I got the Vamoots RSL. A Dream!

Perhaps, David, you could ask Moots if you could keep it long enough for an all-season test for about ten years. 😀

After one season on the Moots CRD, I love this bike. It is the best road bike I have ever ridden. This replaces a Dogma F8, which is a very good bike. But the CRD is amazing.

Great reviews! Yes, incredibly beautiful, but out of principle I would not pay that obscene amount! ( yes I can afford this) here in Los Angeles there is a small ti bike company; BLACKHEART all road. I love this bike, with 700c and 650b wheel sets it does it all. I have 21 trek domane, cannondale slate, and pro caliber trek XC mtb, but this bike is so enjoyable to ride and does not make me feel stupid to pay $15k

I love it but think they could maybe go a stage further with the frame. Looking at the Reilly Fusion and Bossi bikes with that more modern aero monocoque style titanium frame. Not sure what the ride quality is like though? Silly money though! Great vid as usual! 👍

Great video David ! I own a 10 year old Moots Vamoots CR, with all new 2022 components. Campy Record 12 mech. Rim brake. Bora 33 wto wheels Deda alloy cockpit. It weighs 7.5 kilograms w/o pedals. It rides great and will accept 28 mm Pirelli PZero Race tlr tires. How did you find the Panaracer Agilest tires ? Any review coming on those ?

A beautiful bike this is. This is a great commercial, Mr. Arthur. I enjoy watching road test videos simply because I love bikes. But full internal cable routing doesn't make a "better" bike. Prettier?, maybe. A more difficult and expensive bike to maintain, but not "better". And same with disc brakes, I have three bikes (2 SWorks, 1 TI - 1 SWorks has DA DI2) less than five years old that are rim brake high end models, I never have problems stopping when I need to. And I love doing my own maintenance. The industry has priced and "teched" me out of the market, so at 68 years old, I will be riding and loving these three bikes forever. A Moots is a great frame and and built - it's a great bike, but the costs are totally prohibitive for almost all riders. No wonder the industry is in trouble. I will go on doing my 8,000 miles a years on "old tech", "obsolete" and "outdated" shifting, "unsafe and unstoppable" bikes and loving every ride!

I love your videos and I never miss them, regardless of the particular subject. Since you do them so exceptionally well, I would find a video on just how you do your camera work and editing very interesting, unless you'd be giving "secrets" away.

Great job 👏

Looks like my Planet X Tempest: upgraded the wheels, Seat post, saddle etc and its a road riding gem.

Beautiful bike, and great review as always. Interesting to hear your comparison with the Colnago. How does it compare with something like the Mason Aspect? Like you mentioned in the video, there has always been a mystic around the Moots brand, and I'd certainly buy one if I could afford it. Yes the bike is ridiculously expensive, but if I had that sort of cash, I'd far rather spend it with a small manufacturer, where you're paying for craftmanship and individuality, rather than a big player like Spesh, or Trek.

I’m a titanium convert. I’ve owned every frame material out there (except magnesium). The ride quality is really unmatched. There are less expensive alternatives in the US. I have a Sage titanium Barlow which is an all road, gravel bike which is much less expensive with Chis King head set, bottom bracket and Envy fork. The frame is welded by Lynsky. To own the moots you would need a large amount of disposable cash.

Great review.

Great honest review. I'm a huge ti fan. I have a fleet of Lynskey bikes. Not sure if I like the ti seat post and stems. I have different bikes set up both ways and sometimes prefer the carbon parts to offset the ti. Guess we all have our own likes on bikes.

Would like to see you test the Reilly Fusion, another fully integrated titanium bike and a very modern design for the material, at a substantially cheaper price point than the Moots

I have one on order to replace a 2016 Dogma F8. I decided to get off of the carbon bike fashion train, where your new bike is out of date and out of style in one season. The Moots starts out with a style of its own and no one knows much about it. From a styling standpoint, it is like a Porsche 911, where normal people don't know the difference between a 2023 911 and a 2003 911. But they know it is a 911. (I am not saying that a Moots bike is at the 911 level of performance). It will perform well enough for my abilities, provide clearance for wide enough tires for the pavement (and some gravel) that I ride most often, allows for disc brakes to deal with the problems associated with wet riding on carbon rims and caliper brakes. And I am hoping it will be a bit quieter. As my bike mechanic said - carbon frames are like piano sound boards. Every nose the bike makes is amplified through the thin walls of the carbon bike. As an aside, I plan to ride with TPU tubes rather than tubeless and I will be set up with hooked rims. I am concerned about the fact that road tubeless recommended pressures are pretty close to the tire pressure limits on hookless road tubeless wheels and people are having experiences with tires blowing off of their rims. Ain't nobody got time for that.

nice looking bike but really dont like those rear dropouts. It really does not matter for me if they are like 20grams lighter then not 3d printed ones, but that welding line (6:13) to the chainstays does always look crap in my opinion.

Omg is just too expensive. Nice bike. Great review. Just don't have the dough to spend on this. They should have a give for Christmas

I own two Moots road bikes, a 2006 Compact and a custom 2018 Vamoots RSL rim bike. I swear I didn't "need" another bike , but damn this is ..................

I was mildly regretting my choice of ordering an aethos when I saw this vid pop up. Thank goodness the price helped me more than easily get past that momentary regret.

These frames last forever -- got a 22-year-old used Moots for cheap and upgraded the components, similar ride for 1/5 of the cost. Also, you can send your frame back to Moots for a refurb plus fancy graphics.

Just ordered a moots routt YBB. Intending it to be my "forever bike". Kind of stuck on the finish. Really want the Stanley finish but with the fade just like the Apex.

09:48 the weight is shown (8kg for 56cm without pedals)

PERFECT!!!

Awesome & Thanks :)

This price is absolutely ridiculous. My issue with the bike industry

You should do a video on warm glove options. Litespeed Ti bikes have a good reputation.

Can't bear internal cable routing!

I enjoy it. I need to adjust the derailment

$13k? Next. Cycling is getting out of hand for prices.

“There’s a lot of bucks in this frame of course!” LOL😂

How would a titanium frame like that handle a very heavy rider + bags + packs for daily comutes and bikepacking and being left outdoors for hours on end in any kind of weather?

Moots bikes are so awesome

Hi nice review. Just wondering if you could review some UK titanium bikes like the Reilly Aero Fusion and see how it compares to Moots!

Yeah, that's nice! Maybe best moots ever

I’ve never had a problem stopping with rim brakes or had to plan ahead, although disc brakes are probably better if your spending over £3k on a new bike admittedly. I’m thinking of upgrading my antique CAAD8 with a new 105 groupset, £350.00 mechanical or £1,250.00 electronic. Can get a new mechanical groupset, carbon wheelset and carbon forks for less than an electronic groupset.

This is nice. But I much prefer the Bossi Strada. It’s far sexier, with it’s formed tubes. It’s also about half the price!!! 😳😎👍🏻

Imagine paying 13-16k for a bike that traditionalists will hate and anyone else will be wondering why they put such nice wheels on an old bike.

I see No.22 bikes titanium Aurora model has 3D printed fully integrated cable routing too-

“Freezing cold”…there’s green grass and liquid water.

Prices are insane. But this is a bike made in the US, out of space metal sourced from US production. So sure, we should wonder why the price is high. But, we should be asking more why the big names are selling plastic China bikes for the same cost.

@ David. I need a bike that takes up vibration. On your ride did the Ti bikes absorb vibration more than the Roubaix you rode in one of your videos?

Did I get it right that one such frame is as expensive as 2 Colnago C68? Good luck!

I have a actual custom titanium bike frame because the tubes, angles , dimensions can all be specific for me and no dumb legal compromises such as BB height or marketing nonsense.

That was fun guessing the price. I was way off at £7k frame £12k bike. As crazy as £15k is it's not bad with that spec when the frame alone is nearly £10k. Those lovely Enve wheels are near £3k. One to remain a pipe dream.

Ti is gorgeous

Nice bike. Over price

I am in the fortunate position of being able to afford one, but would I buy one? Nah, bikes simply should not be this expensive, the bike industry has become a total joke. its just a bike, ffs.

Deer gawd David just when I thought, what am I gonna do with this extra 15K. Honestly thats a cool bike and at my age(66) even a broke down old huffy mite be my last bike, ever bike.

A similar litespeed, will cost about a third ofthe Moots. Just saying. BTW I absolutely love love love my litespeed.

Dave - what brand are the glasses you're wearing?

Any chance of doing a review on a Ribble bike . Would be good to see how the British Bikes compare

Was this a letter to Santa... gorgeous bike.. .

Love it, they should have sat the frame kit Price even higher….its that good - Well done moots👍👌

7k just for the frame....Does it come with hambini's hairdresser as a brucey bonus.

Jeez David, get a room😊

Im happy with my Litspeed Cherryhauler Titanium bike. It will last my lifetime.

🔥

How do you like these Agilest tires?

Given I'm in Canada, If ever I'd go onto titanium. I would most likely contemplate T-Lab bikes.

Love moots! I have a Routt 45. But man it’s so expensive now! It’s like they’re counting on dentists buying these expensive bikes. My Routt frame was only 6700 CAD. How can the CRD be double the price? I am due for a new road bike but sorry we all can’t be dentist.😊

It’s like watching them testing Lamborghini’s on Top gear 😂😂😂😂

I love my Lynskey GT250 gravel bike, but that Moots is a league higher for sure.

Is colnago expected to release other variations of C68?

Man, I bought a YBB in 2000. It was $2,500. I thought that was a pretty penny back then. To hear they are now over $15k is just absolutely bonkers IMHO. I guess if you can get it, no harm in doing so, if people will pay. Good on them for cashing in on cache. You don’t get the cache for nothing. There’s always Canyon et al for those not wanting to play that game.

Is this better than the gr Pro lynskey or r500?

Moots is the king of Ti. Anyone knows the name of the stem?

You're complaining about the price, but thats the main feature. It's a flex, like a Lius Vuitton handbag. You're mistaken in thinking of this in terms of it just being a bike. It's more of a statement.

How does this compare to your Secan?

Lovely bike but would never pay 15k I'll stick to my Ridley lol

Ti is forever..don't forget that when thinking of the price..

10k?? are you kidding me!

Lovely bike, though the price makes the Reilly Fusion look like a bargain. Interesting to know how this compares with the J.ACK you really liked (and I see there is a very smart looking variant of this with integrated cockpit now). For most surely the appeal of titanium would be for adventure/gravel bikes on account of robustness, balance of weight vs strength etc, and that this type of bike covers most needs unless you are racing. So perhaps a review comparing some titanium adventure bikes, especially as there are companies offering titanium bikes from under £2K. Interesting to see what you get for your investment e.g. build quality, ride, flexibility, features etc.

Please review Serk and Baum

Haters of moots always "forget" the double pass welding that takes twice as long to make when comparing other ti bike manufacturers.

9800 gbp for the frame only. Ahahhahahah

what makes it very expensive? the material or the engineering? or the demand?