Just curious to whether or not anyone is riding an Ellsworth Flight road bike. I am looking at a road bike in the near future and thought a nice partner for my Truth would be a Flight...

I have no clue of the price - hopefully nowhere near that of the Truth or I will have to look elsewhere!


Pictures, thoughts, ideas etc would be greatly appreciated...

Just curious to whether or not anyone is riding an Ellsworth Flight road bike. I am looking at a road bike in the near future and thought a nice partner for my Truth would be a Flight...

I have no clue of the price - hopefully nowhere near that of the Truth or I will have to look elsewhere!


Pictures, thoughts, ideas etc would be greatly appreciated...

I'v wondered if the Ells roadie frames are very popular too and have thought of posting over on RBR asking the same question. I'v never seen the name Ellsworth come up on RBR so I think I know what the response will be...

It amazes me how expensive road frames can be and there's nothing to them, no suspension and nothing "cutting edge" as far as design that I can see. Just a basic triangular frame geometry that's been around for decades. Some of the frame materials have gotten pretty fancy...full carbon or Ti with carbon seat stays and such. Same old frame design for the most part though.

It wouldn't surprise me if a Flight frame cost every bit of 2K.

I'v wondered if the Ells roadie frames are very popular too and have thought of posting over on RBR asking the same question. I'v never seen the name Ellsworth come up on RBR so I think I know what the response will be...

It amazes me how expensive road frames can be and there's nothing to them, no suspension and nothing "cutting edge" as far as design that I can see. Just a basic triangular frame geometry that's been around for decades. Some of the frame materials have gotten pretty fancy...full carbon or Ti with carbon seat stays and such. Same old frame design for the most part though.

It wouldn't surprise me if a Flight frame cost every bit of 2K.

I see the frame is $1295 which amounts to about $1700-1800 in Australia, which in the scheme of things for road frames is about right.

I had a look on RBR and there were a few builds mentioned of Ellsworth Flights, and a few reviews of the bike, and the comments were very very positive.

The 2004 Flight looks quite nice indeed, but the reality is building one up under $4500 australian would probably be tough and thats the upper limit for me for a roadie. Shame becuase it looks simple and nice, and having a second ellsworth would be great.

Thanks for the comments
Trevor!

Hey,
FYI, we build an aluminum road frame with butted tubing and sexy CNC machined parts built right here in our factory for $875. And it is available in 7 sizes and in 5 colors. I know it isn't Taiwan cheap, but for American made/hand built, that ain't bad.

It is called El Martillo and we showed it at Interbike 2003 along with our cross frame and our more well known full suspension mountain frames. You can't see it on our website...yet, but you can check it out on our virtual booth right here at MTBReview.

Best regards,
Sherwood@Ventanausa.com

Ellsworth content: I used to build them too.

Hey,
FYI, we build an aluminum road frame with butted tubing and sexy CNC machined parts built right here in our factory for $875. And it is available in 7 sizes and in 5 colors. I know it isn't Taiwan cheap, but for American made/hand built, that ain't bad.

It is called El Martillo and we showed it at Interbike 2003 along with our cross frame and our more well known full suspension mountain frames. You can't see it on our website...yet, but you can check it out on our virtual booth right here at MTBReview.

Best regards,
Sherwood@Ventanausa.com

Ellsworth content: I used to build them too.

Sherwood, Thanks for the information, I will take a look and if I end up getting a roadie I may just contact you.

Trevor.