Alex321
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Personally, I don't see a bike at 15K as being as absurd as a car at a million.
Would you pay it???
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Personally, I don't see a bike at 15K as being as absurd as a car at a million.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
The reason is, I think, as I described above.
The UCI insist that all riders use commercially available equipment, not prototypes or one-off bespoke models. So teams/their suppliers ignore that rule, use one-off bespoke models anyway and put them on sale at the highest price they can get away with (see @Alex321 's post here ). They're just a dodge to get around the rules, not a genuine offer for sale - although they will take your money if you insist.
And if this has the effect that you describe - to bring the prices of the lower models up - all the better for the manufacturers.
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Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I paid about £3.5k for my car. For a mil you could get about 300 of my little car. That would be a right parking headache. And you'd have to be taking one in for its MOT pretty much every day of the year.
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HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I can't remember the exact numbers but I went to the Colnago stand at the Roleur Classic show 5 or 6 years back. They had in one corner their top of the range bikes at something like £12-17k at the other side they had a £56k bike made for a sheik. The latter was ugly if I had his disposable cash I would have had the £17k one 😂
Petrichorwheels
Senior Member
If I were a top pro rider and I were being given the bike to ride, then I would certainly ride it!
Even if I were well off - no, I wouldn't buy one. I don't need a bike as expensive as that. I might spend, say, £/€ 3,000 max. There are plenty of desperate people round the world who need that money more than I need a posh bike.
but just think how much faster you would get to LIdl and back.
biggs682
Touch it up and ride it
- Location
- Northamptonshire
No thanks , will wait for a few years when they are at rock bottom prices
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I would save an awful lot of time...
... because I wouldn't dare leave a bike like that anywhere, no matter how big and heavy the locks were!
In fact, I would be scared to ride it in case some well-armed bike-savvy thieves in a van spotted me and decided that they would take the bike away from me mid-ride.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
The last time I took a decent bike to a supermarket (I cant remember if it was Aldi or Lidl) I carried it in.
The few bike jackings I have heard of havent targeted a particular bike but unfortunately a particular victim/place/time
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
No. I have no need to get anywhere a few seconds faster. If I did, wouldn't performance-enhancing drugs be far better value for money?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I can't see any reason for me to go shopping on one of my 'better' bikes when I have a nice cheap DIY singlespeed bike that I built for that purpose. Mind you, I liked it so much that I have gradually been upgrading it. The initial cost was only about £70-80 but it is probably nearer £250 now. Still a very cheap bike though - I would be upset if somebody nicked it, but it wouldn't be a huge financial loss.
I reckon that smart thieves would start to learn which bikes were worth stealing. I suppose some smackhead who just wants to flog a stolen bike for £50 for his/her next fix wouldn't be so fussy though!The few bike jackings I have heard of havent targeted a particular bike but unfortunately a particular victim/place/time
mustang1
Guru
- Location
- London, UK
Do they have a price for just the frame and fork?
Edit: yup, circa 5000 euros for Frame, fork, seatpost, headset, handlebar/stem.
Edit: yup, circa 5000 euros for Frame, fork, seatpost, headset, handlebar/stem.
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mustang1
Guru
- Location
- London, UK
Haha, sorry, when you said "smart thief", the first thing that came into my head was a thief who is connected to the internet.
Ok back to the topic....
Petrichorwheels
Senior Member
Yep. That sort of thing is not unknown.
I know everyone's saying no, but if you had £20000000 in the bank and just fancied seeing what it's like could you be so sure?
The performance argument is the same as someone buying a supercar, they'll never be able to push it to its limits, but if they like it, and can afford it, I don't see any problem in buying one just to go to Harrod's occasionally.
The performance argument is the same as someone buying a supercar, they'll never be able to push it to its limits, but if they like it, and can afford it, I don't see any problem in buying one just to go to Harrod's occasionally.
