$5000.00 bicycle...WTF??? I can buy a car for that and get to work a lot easier...Go ride a pitchfork! I don’t want to sit next to the idiot’s cubicle who just peddle 20 miles in the middle of summer! Will my employer provide gas masks?
Carbon fiber or titanium frames start in the $3k range...that’s just the frame, no seat, drive train, wheels, brakes, etc.
This is a tough one, but I’ll tell you that roadies haven’t been doing themselves any favors with “demanding” equal access while they impinge upon the drivers. Coupled with the in your face flaunting of traffic laws...well, it doesn’t take a genius to figure out where it leads to.
Me? I mountain bike and do my level best to only go perpendicular to pavement when I come to it, too many idiots out there looking to take me out just because I’m on 2 wheels, like yesterday.