Does this bike exist?

See, I told you guys what this would cause.

And leave the good old Italian Lira out of this. We built an economy on its devaluation. Joined the Euro, and now look what happens. 😉

JTE83 said:

I have 6 bmx, 2 mtn, and 7 road bikes.
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I said it before, and I shall repeat it. Do you have a bike that costs $11,000+? No? Then stop boasting.

JTE83 said:

OK, my $9000 retail 06 CF Cervelo Soloist Team Zipp 404 clinchers ergomo pro Campy Record Zero Gravity Selle CF Passione FSA K Force Light bike does come short! Yeah, I'm just too poor!

CRIKEY!! $9000US for an alu Han Soloist?

Much of my Han Soloist is used, but I put this 'rocket' together for ~$3800 AUS, which is some effort, if you you know anything about Aus bike prices 🙂

The hardest part about riding multiple bikes is finding enough saddles that suit you [censored]!! 🙂 I've only got 4 seats that I like, so I sometimes pull the whole seat and seatpost out of one bike to ride another!! 🙂

531Aussie said:

The hardest part about riding multiple bikes is finding enough saddles that suit you [censored]!! 🙂 I've only got 4 seats that I like, so I sometimes pull the whole seat and seatpost out of one bike to ride another!! 🙂

If you find a seat that you like, is it not possible to buy the same seat for all your bikes?

TheDarkLord said:

If you find a seat that you like, is it not possible to buy the same seat for all your bikes?

But only if you can get a great deal. Me, I found the carbon braided Arione that all you chumps pay 160 Euro for 39,196768949080928247746505490820 Euro.

I got a great deal and therfore bought twelve. Even though I just have two bikes... 😄

531Aussie said:

CRIKEY!! $9000US for an alu Han Soloist?

Much of my Han Soloist is used, but I put this 'rocket' together for ~$3800 AUS, which is some effort, if you you know anything about Aus bike prices 🙂

Wow thats a great price. How did you do that. What kind of parts do you have?

Powerful Pete said:

But only if you can get a great deal. Me, I found the carbon braided Arione that all you chumps pay 160 Euro for 39,196768949080928247746505490820 Euro.

I got a great deal and therfore bought twelve. Even though I just have two bikes... 😄

Its amazing you actually remember the price. I bet you couldn't remember it again. :p

TheDarkLord said:

If you find a seat that you like, is it not possible to buy the same seat for all your bikes?

nah, I'm very fussy! 😄 There's only a couple of old Vetta saddles that my [censored] likes. I ran out of money trying new saddles :p.
I'll get 'round to it again one day

coneofsilence said:

Wow thats a great price. How did you do that. What kind of parts do you have?

I was pretty lucky with the frame: it was $1000 brand new (but without a fork) off a guy who had it as a warranty replacement. When he was waiting for his new frame from Cervelo, he rode his buddy's BMC, decided he preferred that to his Soloist, so he bought a BMC and sold me the Cervelo when it arrived.

I got the wheels 2nd hand off a racing buddy for $750.

The levers and cassette are 9-speed, so I saved a few bucks there.

Apart from the frame, the only other things new on the bike are the pedals, rear derailleur, stem, cassette and chain.

My co-worker says the bike is going to be delivered on April 15. Gee, that date sounds familiar for something else😕. Anyway, he says that he will ride it to work someday so that I can check it out, and beleive me, I will check it out and let you know what bike costs $11,000. And Pete, I'll get pictures if I can.

i remember the article about the lugged ti Merlin roadie, hand-engraved, full Record...$15,000 USD.

Of course, it's not US-made, but the Storck prototype -- carbon EVERYTHING (almost), the whole bike weighed <= 10lb. $18,000!!

kdelong said:

My co-worker says the bike is going to be delivered on April 15. Gee, that date sounds familiar for something else😕. Anyway, he says that he will ride it to work someday so that I can check it out, and beleive me, I will check it out and let you know what bike costs $11,000. And Pete, I'll get pictures if I can.

So does it exist?? 😕

Here in New Zealand we can walk into a LBS and buy(they'd have to get it in on order) that new Scott that has the lightest production frame with full Dura Ace and pay $21 000(and our dollar is at 79c / US) for it full retail.:o
I don't think many are selling !

Bigbananabike said:

Here in New Zealand........ !

so, you get farked over on bike prices just as bad as us, plus a bit more, hey!?? 🙂

velo711 said:

He's pulling your leg, the fact that he says it's a custom bike on order means he
has had a lot of interaction with the company. Your right any bicycle rider spending this money knows the specs.

'Don't know about individuals, but I was recently surprised at the number of bicycle companies that don't know the specs on the bikes they "build"!

Many in fact just shuffle their logo over to a manufacturer in China who practically delivers direct to the store...

coneofsilence said:

So does it exist?? 😕

I've been really tied up all week working on a problem that we are having with a piece of equipment at work and haven't had a chance to talk to Greg about his wonder-bike. I'm working tomorrow😠 and if he is there, I'll make it a point to ask him.