Why Motorcycles and Mountain Bikes Cost the Same

[Headshot]

Those wheels make this look cheap...

 

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bikes/642688/new-cervelo-s5-custom-medium-54cm

[Hairy]

58 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Those wheels make this look cheap...

 

https://bikehub.co.za/classifieds/item/road-bikes/642688/new-cervelo-s5-custom-medium-54cm

Surely at 266K they can throw the pedals into the deal

[Hairy]

2 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Surely at 266K they can throw the pedals into the deal

You can buy a rather nice Ducati for less, and you get the "pedals", aka pegs included in the deal too.

 

AND RED BIKES ARE FASTER.

[BaGearA]

On 10/15/2023 at 11:57 PM, sirmoun10goat said:

At the end of the day, we persue what gives us the most pleasure . Who are we to judge?

Again 👆

[Hairy]

1 hour ago, BaGearA said:

Again 👆

Nothing about judging, this is about questioning the value of your ZAR against the value of your bicycle.

[BaGearA]

10 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Nothing about judging, this is about questioning the value of your ZAR against the value of your bicycle.

Horrifically bad ...,but I guess we could do the same with Zar against bread 

 

*Whooooooosa

[dasilvarsa]

You get Reasonably Priced Bicycles as Well.

At the End of the Day You Pedal She Goes Forward.

It's the SNOB Factor that makes the Price High.

I got 35 mm Rims on my Mountain Bike They are Worth 35K

And you think to yourself (But She's slower now than she was before I got the new rims WTF)

[Hairy]

29 minutes ago, BaGearA said:

Horrifically bad ...,but I guess we could do the same with Zar against bread 

 

*Whooooooosa

Bread prices can be "explained"

[mazambaan]

15 hours ago, dasilvarsa said:

You get Reasonably Priced Bicycles as Well.

At the End of the Day You Pedal She Goes Forward.

It's the SNOB Factor that makes the Price High.

I got 35 mm Rims on my Mountain Bike They are Worth 35K

And you think to yourself (But She's slower now than she was before I got the new rims WTF)

Ah, maybe this be the key difference. Hard to get an enduro ready dirt bike well outside of say 15% of the KTM 300 type price range but a bicycle for Sani2c etc etc can run between say R50k and R200k. All new of course.

[Danger Dassie]

'Investment property' developments being sold by developers. A 1 bedroom, which is basically a loft with enough space for a double bed, just. Apartment. Literally half the size of Mandela's prison cell. 
At least a bike at any price provides a platform of escape. 

How long is a piece of string, it can be pulled in many ways. 

[bleedToWin]

ITT: people picking single examples from two groups to prove their own narrative. 🙄

[Headshot]

23 hours ago, Hairy said:

You can buy a rather nice Ducati for less, and you get the "pedals", aka pegs included in the deal too.

 

AND RED BIKES ARE FASTER.

And it won't be out of date and lead to embarrassment on the start of the 2025 CTCT for the owner...

[Headshot]

3 hours ago, Danger Dassie said:

'Investment property' developments being sold by developers. A 1 bedroom, which is basically a loft with enough space for a double bed, just. Apartment. Literally half the size of Mandela's prison cell. 
At least a bike at any price provides a platform of escape. 

How long is a piece of string, it can be pulled in many ways. 

Dude, my R3k 2005  9 speed Raleigh provides almost the same "platform of escape" 

[Danger Dassie]

19 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Dude, my R3k 2005  9 speed Raleigh provides almost the same "platform of escape" 

Dude, exactly. "at any price" 

[Hairy]

22 hours ago, Danger Dassie said:

'Investment property' developments being sold by developers. A 1 bedroom, which is basically a loft with enough space for a double bed, just. Apartment. Literally half the size of Mandela's prison cell. 
At least a bike at any price provides a platform of escape. 

How long is a piece of string, it can be pulled in many ways. 

At least the apartment will gain in value (Assuming it is in CT and not JHB :P)

EDIT: Now if you live in JHB, and you buy that flat in CT, you can short term rent it out and then come down to CT with your bicycle(s) and escape from JHB on our roads and trails.

Edited October 27, 2023 by Hairy

[Danger Dassie]

4 hours ago, Hairy said:

At least the apartment will gain in value (Assuming it is in CT and not JHB :P)

EDIT: Now if you live in JHB, and you buy that flat in CT, you can short term rent it out and then come down to CT with your bicycle(s) and escape from JHB on our roads and trails.

Is this some sort of offer? 😛 ...