Would you pay it???

[Salad Dodger]

No, I wouldn't. End of.....

 

[steveindenmark]

If its in the bike shop I would see no reason to buy it. I would just go and look at it when the fancy took me. I certainly have no great hankering to ride it.

 

[Cycleops]

These bikes are more eye candy than anything else.
Great for the 'more money than sense' brigade though.
Good prospective content for reaming on one of Hambini's foul mouth videos.

 

[Jameshow]

@Jameshow - it's a decent bit of kit and is great for flat races and rides. However he prefers either his BeOne Raw from 2013 or Cervelo S3 for anything hilly. It's as low as he can get it using their spacers and rolls on a pair of bespoke Zed wheels. This is a Small size in the 2020/21 JRC Shutt Ridley colour scheme.

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Note that this set-up would cost approx. £7.5-8k in today's prices so half that of the Colnago at retail, although he was a sponsored rider.

Depending upon your size there's one of the rim-brake Medium's on eBay for £2k from an ex-rider that hasn't had much use.

I'd suggest you pop into Paul Milnes and give one a try . Alternatively if you fit the small size send me a PM to test this one - noting that his is set specifically very low for racing.

I have a focus izalco race bike which is enough of a race bike for me tbh.

Most of the time I take my old Cannondale six as it's more comfortable!

 

[DittonBayesian]

I ride bikes to have fun, and no doubt this would be a blast to ride. So, yes.

Would I want it as my only road bike? That I'm not so sure.

 

[Alex321]

Even if I were a millionaire, there really wouldn't be any point in buying that bike for me. Or I suspect for most recreational riders.

I can see it could be worth it for a fairly high level racer, but I have never been in that category.

 

[Dogtrousers]

These bikes are more eye candy than anything else.
Great for the 'more money than sense' brigade though.

You saying UAE, Pog's empolyers have more money than sense? Two TdF wins and a second place so far - plus a hatful of top one day races would kind of argue that they are not doing too badly.

They're tools of the trade for pro riders.

Would I buy it? Of course not. It's a race bike, and I don't want a race bike, expensive or otherwise. I wouldn't buy it if it was cheap, because that's not the kind of bike I want. It would be really uncomfortable and impractical.

Would I gawp at it on a website, in a magazine or on a display stand? Sure. I'd gawp a lot.

There are loads of things that I wouldn't buy whatever the price, simply because I don't want them.

 

[kingrollo]

Yes

 

[Dogtrousers]

I could be wrong but isn't there a UCI rule that says bikes have to be commercially available production equipment and not bespoke one-offs?

And don't teams and their tied manufacturers sidestep this rule by using bespoke one-offs anyway, and then offering them for sale at silly money to deter anyone from actually buying, and if they do buy, well they have covered their costs of doing another bespoke one-off.

Izzat right?

 

[DCLane]

I could be wrong but isn't there a UCI rule that says bikes have to be commercially available production equipment and not bespoke one-offs?

And don't teams and their tied manufacturers sidestep this rule by using bespoke one-offs anyway, and then offering them for sale at silly money to deter anyone from actually buying, and if they do buy, well they have covered their costs of doing another bespoke one-off.

Izzat right?

That's the same with Team GB's track bike from Hope. It is available commercially, but at £20k.

 

[davidphilips]

Not for me at that price but i do know of an 80 year old cyclist that has bought 2 new Colnagos can not remember total costs but after talking to him had to agree it was money well spent.

What i was told was he always wanted a Colnago, after an inheritance from his twin he thought he would treat himself and leave them both to his son ( very reasonable racing cyclist) in his will.

For most it would be madness to spend that much on a bike but again better spending that sort of money on a bike than drinking or smoking it away?

 

[Alex321]

I could be wrong but isn't there a UCI rule that says bikes have to be commercially available production equipment and not bespoke one-offs?

And don't teams and their tied manufacturers sidestep this rule by using bespoke one-offs anyway, and then offering them for sale at silly money to deter anyone from actually buying, and if they do buy, well they have covered their costs of doing another bespoke one-off.

Izzat right?

They aren't allowed to sell at a price way out of line.

The relevant regulation actually says (my bold):

1.3.006 Equipment shall be of a type that is sold for use by anyone practicing cycling as a sport. Any equipment in development phase and not yet available for sale (prototype) must be subject of an authorisation request to the UCI Equipment Unit before its use. Authorisation will be granted only for equipment which is in the final stage of development and for which commercialisation will take place no later than 12 months after the first use in competition. The manufacturer may request a single prolongation of the prototype status if justified by the relevant reasons. When assessing a request for use of equipment which is not yet available for sale, the UCI Equipment Unit will pay particular attention to the safety of the equipment which will be submitted to it for authorisation. The use of equipment designed especially for the attainment of a particular performance (record or other) shall not be authorised. Upon expiry of the authorised period of use of a prototype (equipment not yet available for sale), any item of equipment must be commercially available in order to be used in cycling events. The requirement of commercial availability shall be understood as equipment having to be available through a publicly available order system (whether with manufacturer, distributor or retailer). Upon an order being placed, the order shall be confirmed within 30 days and the relevant equipment shall be made available for delivery within a further 90-day deadline. In addition, the retail price of the equipment shall be publicly advertised, shall not render the equipment de facto unavailable to the general public and shall not unreasonably exceed the market value for equipment of a similar standard. Any equipment which is not commercially available and is not authorised (not authorised by UCI Equipment Unit or authorised period expired), may not be used in cycling events governed by the UCI Regulations. Any such unauthorised use of equipment may be sanctioned by disqualification of results obtained when using the equipment and/or a fine ranging from CHF 5’000 to 100’000.

TBH, 15K Euros isn't ridiculously more expensive than quite a few high end bikes.

Look at this Pinarello Dogma F12 from Signma Sports
https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Pi...lcrum-Speed-Lite-Disc-Road-Bike-2022/UKXP?v=3

£12500 = €14512

 

[gavroche]

Only if I was a professional with his pedigree. He probably gets it on loan from Colnago anyway.

 

[fossyant]

There are thing's you'd change if it was to be a useable bike - you'd ditch stupid light wheels and tyres for ones a bit more robust but still high performance, so they would shave a few bob. I'd stick with standard components, not ones with silly ceramic this and that add-ons, nor the silly mech cages you can get.

My best bike was built up money no object back in the day - did fancy a Colnago, but didn't want Campag (not sticking Shimano on an Italian thoroughbred - although they are far east jelly moulds now), so got a handmade British (local) frame builder to make me one out of the same Columbus frame tubes, then specced Dura Ace everything. I had the spare cash at 19. All though I still have the bike, anything new has always been something I can afford to replace components on - e.g. my full suspension MTB, had to be 'affordable' to replace parts.

 

[mustang1]

I can understand a car with a price tag of a million, an airplane of 100 million, a yacht for 50 million. But I just don't understand a bike which is a bunch of tubes stuck together with a couple of hoops at each end costing that much. It's not wonder material as carbon has been around for some time. Ditto the wheels and hubs and tyres. The real technical innovation would be an electronic group set and that's the same price as it's always been.

So, it seems to be that price just to be headline news and to bring the price of the lower end models up. That is all.