We live in interesting times. The $4000 bike is nice for casual riders, but serious people will need to spend more. Huh.
Yeah, 4K is a good chunk of change, but my current carbon fiber trail bike and mt. bike cost almost as much each. Maybe if my legs start to give out in my 60’s or 70’s I’ll get one to help out on the uphills.
“We live in interesting times. The $4000 bike is nice for casual riders, but serious people will need to spend more. Huh.”
A few summers ago I was stopped at a stoplight behind a Ford Focus with three bicycles on a bike rack.
They were good looking bikes and I wrote the name down (I cannot remember it now) to research the bike when I got home.
Turns out each bicycle cost $15,000 without tires, wheels and came with a basic ‘grupo’ (gears etc.). I figure each or those bicycles were at least $20,000 each - way more than the car they were attached to.