£17,500 dream bike

[xpc316e]

I went into a local cycle shop today and was admiring some gorgeous machines when the owner took me through the workshop and upstairs to see a bike that had just been finished for a client. It was the most wonderful carbon confection, and weighed under 10 pounds. The frame set was about £8K, the wheels £4.5K - even the stem was £600! Total cost was £17.5K. Everything was so beautifully made, and it really ought to have been hung on a wall in the National Gallery. I could have looked at it for hours, and I really envy the owner of this superb piece of art.

 

[MossCommuter]

I went into a local cycle shop today and was admiring some gorgeous machines when the owner took me through the workshop and upstairs to see a bike that had just been finished for a client. It was the most wonderful carbon confection, and weighed under 10 pounds. The frame set was about £8K, the wheels £4.5K - even the stem was £600! Total cost was £17.5K. Everything was so beautifully made, and it really ought to have been hung on a wall in the National Gallery. I could have looked at it for hours, and I really envy the owner of this superb piece of art.

 

[zigzag]

i haven't seen a beautiful carbon bike yet - pics please!!

 

[iAmiAdam]

i haven't seen a beautiful carbon bike yet - pics please!!

Bike porn quite frankly.

 

[Mark_Robson]

Don't like the colour

 

[iAmiAdam]

The team sky colours look better imo.

 

[MossCommuter]

The team sky colours look better imo.

Is it compatible with a Topeak rack?

 

[iAmiAdam]

Is it compatible with a Topeak rack?

Bit of duct tape could probably do the trick.

 

[MossCommuter]

Bit of duct tape could probably do the trick.

Is there anything duct tape can't do?

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Bike porn quite frankly.

Some of the rear wheel spokes are missing

 

[zigzag]

well my understanding of beauty is a bit different, i like to look at shiny things, so until carbon can be chromed or polished, i can't see much beauty in it

to me, something closer to beautiful would be like this:

decent looking bike

to improve the looks even further the bike should have polished alloy cranks and polished alloy rims (and gear levers..)

 

[Baggy]

decent looking bike

That's a beut! I can see why people would like the Pinarello, but shiny does it for me every time...

 

[StuAff]

I went into a local cycle shop today and was admiring some gorgeous machines when the owner took me through the workshop and upstairs to see a bike that had just been finished for a client. It was the most wonderful carbon confection, and weighed under 10 pounds. The frame set was about £8K, the wheels £4.5K - even the stem was £600! Total cost was £17.5K. Everything was so beautifully made, and it really ought to have been hung on a wall in the National Gallery. I could have looked at it for hours, and I really envy the owner of this superb piece of art.

8k? Even a Cervelo R5ca is 'only' £7,500. What frame was that?

 

[Keith Oates]

I'm a little biased but to me true bike porn has COLNAGO written on the down tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Roadrunner78]

Just then.... a truck..... SMIDSI .