SA’s most expensive bicycle

[eddy]

The danger of people knowing what top-end bikes cost is that all of us who ride bikes may come under attack, I was told this morning at Vida after our ride.

 

I assumed he was talking about mugging scum, but it seems he was both serious and talking about spouses. 

[The Bull Shark]

I reckon this one cost Mr Steinhoff way more...

 

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 I think she might have to look for a real job soon.

[Duane_Bosch]

I reckon this one cost Mr Steinhoff way more...

She smokes. Not smoking hot. Cigarettes. That's an immediate no no for me.

[The Ouzo]

isnt new tech supposed to get cheaper as it gets more widely utilized ? Or is it the advances in carbon techniques that keeps the price high.

 

I saw my first full carbon bike at my first Argus cycle expo back in 1999. It was a Ferrari bike and the price tag back then was just over R50k.

[Christie]

It would be interesting to compare munufacturing and material cost of a motorbike and a similarly priced bicycle. I suspect the margin on a bicycle is a higher %.

 

Imo a lot of money is spent in the bicycle industry to buy bragging rights, combined with the belief that more money = a lot more speed.

 

The downside to the cycling industry is that greedy manufacturers have shifted production to China. The same bragging rights bought with R150 000 can be had for R5000 - hence the high concentration of Cippolini frames around Cape Town.

[Duane_Bosch]

 hence the high concentration of Cippolini frames around Cape Town.

I had a similar thought about De Rosa the other day. There seems to be an awful lot of those suddenly out on the road.

[pista]

I had a similar thought about De Rosa the other day. There seems to be an awful lot of those suddenly out on the road.

Really wouldn't mind a De Rosa King in red.

 

[Long Wheel Base]

I reckon this one cost Mr Steinhoff way more...

 

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My pool also looks green like that But the pool shop guys say it will be blue again soon

 I think she might have to look for a real job soon.

Wasn't what she was doing considered a real job? You can advertise/hire in/from the classifieds in the newspaper like other jobs.............

[Christie]

I had a similar thought about De Rosa the other day. There seems to be an awful lot of those suddenly out on the road.

Let me guess - they were SK's ?

[Fruity]

I had the rare opportunity to be on the other side recently. Wanted to get a second bike.

My wife asked why?

I said, well you have two tennis racquets...

When I mentioned to my wife about getting a second bike, she just gave me a squif look. I dare mention that we need another gaming console [emoji32]

 

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[Fruity]

I'd love to have that new Dogma (not in orange & white)

 

Because that would mean I'd already have

 

A house in the Alps

A Porsche

An orange wife with a set of bolt ons

A house in Fresnaye

A BMW S1000RR

A KTM 450 EXC

 

We're all just a little jealous of the okes who ride those. Admit it.

Nah, I'm quite content with what I have.

 

Got wife.

I still beat certain segment times on Strava with my Silverback Strela 2.

Getting a new car in the near future, even though it will be a 1.4 hatchback.

Just recently moved into a bigger flat.

 

Saying that, I wouldn't mind a house in the Alps.

 

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[2wieltjies]

So Disc brakes are allowed now, now we can order the K10s

[Mongoose!]

will wait for the Sora disc brake model

[IceCreamMan]

lovely bike, if I had the cash I would buy one.