High end road ( super ) bikes are getting a bit pricey

High end road ( super ) bikes are getting a bit pricey

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GOATever

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2,651 posts

66 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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https://www.sigmasports.com/item/Trek/Project-One-...



I’d be shiznip scared to ride the thing. Imagine seeing that bounce down the road, disintegrating into a pile of CF shards.


Integroo

11,574 posts

84 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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At that point it is a status symbol, and nothing more.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Integroo said:
At that point it is a status symbol, and nothing more.
Well i'd say it's a top of the range bike AND a status symbol.

It's just the bike equivalent of a ferrari/McLaren/lambo Except a lot cheaper

If someone can afford it though why not. I'm sure my bike is unnecessary for my ability (it definitely is) but I feel good riding it so I ride more than I used to. So it's worth it to me - though I could get 3 plus change for the price of this one

gl20

1,121 posts

148 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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The super car analogy is how I see it too. I’m still on my first (£1k new). Had it for 3 years and now want to upgrade. I used our Majorca holiday to try out a Giant TCR for a few days but was also tempted to hire a Pinarello F10 for 1 day (although the dates didn’t work in the end and wasn’t exactly critical)

No interest in buying an F10 as I) I’d probably get laughed at (a lot) and ii) would be paranoid at every cafe about it being nicked. But can’t help being curious about how different a £10k bike is to ride.

Unexpected Item In The Bagging Area

7,015 posts

188 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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It’s a boring choice for the money. You’d be mad not to go down the custom route and spec something more exiting from the likes of Seven or Parlee

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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There are worse things to spend that sort of money on than a bike

I do agree that an off the peg job isn’t the best use of £10k+ though

Passoni or dassi or Sarto would be where I was looking

Tom1312

1,015 posts

145 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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An awful lot of money for a very dull spec!

Best way to look at these 10k and upwards bikes however is that if it were Motorsport then this would be similar to being able to buy this coming years F1 Mercedes/Red Bull/Ferrari exactly as raced (or close to it).

They are a way for manufacturers to show what they are capable of and demonstrate what will one day be available at a more reasonable price.

Mad though.



Henners

12,230 posts

193 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Road bikes are for poor people wink


keith2.2

1,100 posts

194 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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So what?

There will always always be expensive versions of things. Celebrate it.

jontysafe

2,351 posts

177 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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I always think that you’d better have an expensive body to go with it. But hey in the grand scheme of things it’s hardly a fortune.

I still have loads of free improvements to make like working on removing the layer of mince pies, christmas pudding before its new whip time.

rykard

447 posts

180 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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we went to last years cycle show at the NEC, we walked in and the first stand was Pinarello, and there were 3 bikes lined up, £35,000 worth?? It's unbelievable. With the advant of cycle to work schemes the new 'entry level' bikes seem to be around £1000.

BoRED S2upid

19,643 posts

239 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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But unlike supercars these bikes aren’t necessarily faster than your £1000 bike even if they look and sound fast. Living and riding on the Wirral you see a lot of these top end bikes people have a lot of disposable money for their hobbies. I don’t mind being overtaken by someone on a £5000+ bike and trying to keep up with them.

Usget

5,426 posts

210 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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Tom1312 said:
Best way to look at these 10k and upwards bikes however is that if it were Motorsport then this would be similar to being able to buy this coming years F1 Mercedes/Red Bull/Ferrari exactly as raced (or close to it).
That's how I look at it as well. I will never own Hamilton's car, but I can own Cavendish's bike. Give or take.

keith2.2

1,100 posts

194 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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BoRED S2upid said:
But unlike supercars these bikes aren’t necessarily faster than your £1000 bike even if they look and sound fast
Law of diminishing returns - granted - but they are.

Whether it's aero on the flat, light weight / stiffness on the climbs or frame quality / handling dynamics on the descents - more money will get a faster bike.

GCN compared a 1k Canyon with a 5k Aero Canyon and found as much. As have my own upgrades (I'm honest enough to take purchase justification out of the equation).

On the same road, by 3k Aero Felt is a lot faster than my 1k Bianchi Via Nirone. Will my *cough*k Oltre XR4 Disc / Di2 be faster than my Felt? No idea but jeeze it's pretty and it was a heart purchase not a head purchase laugh

I'll feed back when it arrives.

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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If you're a good enough a cyclist to do justice to a £10k bike, someone will give you one.

I liked the analogy earlier that you can't own Hamilton's car, but you can own Cavendish's bike. It's a good point, well made.

I personally have no problem with £10k+ bikes, each to their own. Just because they're available, doesn't mean they're selling many of them.

I used to play the "What bikes would you buy with £10k" game with a mate over lunch, and it nearly always involved a decent enduro-road bike, a half decent TT bike, a load of Isla-Bikes for the kids as they grow up, and the rest on bits and bobs, mostly from Rapha.

z4RRSchris

11,221 posts

178 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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I have a custom Wyndymilla coming, built by sarto.

sram etap disc, zipp 808's yummy

Dizeee

18,168 posts

205 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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keirik said:
Well i'd say it's a top of the range bike AND a status symbol.

It's just the bike equivalent of a ferrari/McLaren/lambo Except a lot cheaper

If someone can afford it though why not. I'm sure my bike is unnecessary for my ability (it definitely is) but I feel good riding it so I ride more than I used to. So it's worth it to me - though I could get 3 plus change for the price of this one
This is exactly my rationale for wanting a new bike, and being bored of my current one. Yet apparently I am a c--t for thinking this.

BoRED S2upid

19,643 posts

239 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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keith2.2 said:
BoRED S2upid said:
But unlike supercars these bikes aren’t necessarily faster than your £1000 bike even if they look and sound fast
Law of diminishing returns - granted - but they are.

Whether it's aero on the flat, light weight / stiffness on the climbs or frame quality / handling dynamics on the descents - more money will get a faster bike.

GCN compared a 1k Canyon with a 5k Aero Canyon and found as much. As have my own upgrades (I'm honest enough to take purchase justification out of the equation).

On the same road, by 3k Aero Felt is a lot faster than my 1k Bianchi Via Nirone. Will my *cough*k Oltre XR4 Disc / Di2 be faster than my Felt? No idea but jeeze it's pretty and it was a heart purchase not a head purchase laugh

I'll feed back when it arrives.
I was referring more to a fat unfit rider still being slow on a £10k bike than a £1k bike which has been done to death.

If I had the money I’d definitely get one they look awesome.

Dizeee

18,168 posts

205 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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keirik said:
Well i'd say it's a top of the range bike AND a status symbol.

It's just the bike equivalent of a ferrari/McLaren/lambo Except a lot cheaper

If someone can afford it though why not. I'm sure my bike is unnecessary for my ability (it definitely is) but I feel good riding it so I ride more than I used to. So it's worth it to me - though I could get 3 plus change for the price of this one
This is exactly my rationale for wanting a new bike, and being bored of my current one. Yet apparently I am a c--t for thinking this.

E65Ross

34,946 posts

211 months

Tuesday 15th January 2019
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I love the fact high end bikes exist. There has never been more choice for bikes than now, I think.

Can't afford this bike? Then buy something else? No big deal, is it?