Road Cycling - Most expensive bike you've ridden with?

A chap on Sunday's ride was riding one of these:
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=39

Full Record groupo, Lord Blue color scheme. At stock the bike is $6000 :eek:

Absolutely gorgeous to look at though!

Serotta Ottrott. Made me sick in an envious way.

55/Rad

A cycling friend has a titanium 'Merlin.' THink those are $4,000-$5,000..Looks pretty cool...makes me drool....

Merlin Cielo

How this friend Larry got his Merlin..Has a roof mounted car rack..He did the rack thing with the bike attacking a garage door.
His Trek got turned into a Merlin...Think that is a way to get a new Merlin out of your wife?

My cycling coach owns a Colnago C40 with full Record groupset and Ksyrium wheels. Don't care for it really. Most Colnago colour schemes are too garish for my liking. Need sunglasses.

A dean Ti road bike, not sure what model. Had/has full record group.

C40 with DA, prototype LEW carbon cranks and wheels, light-light-light everything else. i added it all up retail once--cost more than my car.

I rode a $5,000 Colnago. I am not sure what model it was, but it was mostly carbon and the guy (a friend) who let me ride it quoted me the price.....
It was smooth, I didnt like the shifting and actually was glad when I got back on my Bianchi.
Possibly the fact that the bike was so expensive and I may have been nervous as to riding someone elses bike or it could be I am so used to my bike...
In fact while riding the Colnago my friend was riding my bike and he complimented and said he was rather surprized how smooth and nice my Bianchi was, he said he never rode a Bianchi before and was impressed... I know he didnt ssell his Colnago and go and buy a Bianchi, But still it was a nice compliment.

Serotta Ottrott. Made me sick in an envious way.

55/Rad

Every time I run across one of your posts it becomes more and more obvious that you are the west coast me. Similarly, a guy in my group rides and Ottrott. He's a big time poser, but God bless him for his sense of taste.

-mark

Klein palomino race disk $2,500, cross country/all mountain MTB, sunset multi tone fades from deep red orange to yellowish orange in the width of the tubes, Fox fully adjustable full suspension, absolute dream to ride no bob at all, well balanced, stiff, light, riding position just right, tubeless tires.(they make one step higher palimino for $4,000)

a custom calfee tetra equipped with full record group and pimped out with
nice ZIPP wheels. the ride was out-of-this-world smooooth.

either the one-of-a-kind indy fab BMX bike that my friend has, just because it's the ONLY bmx bike that they ever made to the best of my knowledge, or one of his Ti trials bikes.

a messenger friend of mine has (had?) a merlin with full '03 record and ksyriums, but i never rode with him when he was on it, and he might've sold it. he also has a carter track frame with full record pista that's pretty nice. he probably put like, $2000 into it...then his fork crown broke...same kid also bought a second merlin (to use as a winter beater bike) and carried it home on his back while riding his custom harry havnoonian track with colnago carbon flash fork, phil hubs laced to cxp33s, all black. i suppose maybe the combined value of the merlin and that bike might be the most expensive bike i've ridden with...other than that, i'd say that kid's carter was probably the most expensive single bike.

Every time I run across one of your posts it becomes more and more obvious that you are the west coast me.

Very cool. Do you have a sick sense of humor also?

55/Rad

A chap on Sunday's ride was riding one of these:
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=39

Full Record groupo, Lord Blue color scheme. At stock the bike is $6000 :eek:

Absolutely gorgeous to look at though!

That bike is absolutely HOT!!!

Cost is relative....

2 Erickson Signature Tandems: $5,800 - $6,200 ea
4 Erickson Travel Tandems: $6,500 - $7,800 ea
4 Litespeed Taliani Ti Tandems: $8,000+
2 Seven Axiom 007 Ti Tandems: $8,900+
5 Calfee Tetra Tandems: $8,600 - $9,500 ea
1 Co-Motion S&S Convertible Quad: $10,500
1 Santana Cabrio 4: $11,500
1 Calfee Tetra Travel Tandem: $13,200

You can divide by two and they're still a huge chunk of change.

I used to ride with a guy with a Ti Rush long wheel base recumbent. I don't know what it cost, but I believe it was in the $5K range.

I once rode with a guy (bike shop manager) who was riding a Litespeed Vortex. Good thing it doesn't rust because I was drooling all over it. :)

let's see... one of the guys i know rides an eddy merckx carbon mxm with fsa carbon bars and stem, and da 10v. i don't know the cost, but it's in the $6000 range. other guys i ride with or have ridden with ride serotta lengend ti's [two] merlin extralights [two] or argon 18 platinums... all with either record or da 10v. one of the guys i know from the shop rides a moder special edition with record... i know a bunch of guys on madones...

Very cool. Do you have a sick sense of humor also?

55/Rad

You betcha ... :D

Serotta Ottrott was by far the most expensive "non custom" bike
I been on a ride with.
There have been other more desirable bikes tho (Richard Sachs, Weigle, one Moon).
all of em made me sick in an envious kind of way, and I'm not on either coast.

Marty

Cost is relative....

2 Erickson Signature Tandems: $5,800 - $6,200 ea
4 Erickson Travel Tandems: $6,500 - $7,800 ea
4 Litespeed Taliani Ti Tandems: $8,000+
2 Seven Axiom 007 Ti Tandems: $8,900+
5 Calfee Tetra Tetra Tandems: $8,600 - $9,500 ea
1 Co-Motion S&S Convertible Quad: $10,500
1 Santana Cabrio 4: $11,500
1 Calfee Tetra Tetra Travel Tandem: $13,200

You can divide by two and they're still a huge chunk of change.

Yup,

My wife and I did a short ride last night with three other tandem teams. Our $6,000 Santana Noventa was the cheapie bike in that pack. I assume the top biller was a custom size, titanium, S&S take-apart. You'd be talking REAL money to replicate that one.

I'd guess that of the people I ride with quite regularly, a good number have bikes that range in price from 5-7 thousand. I personally have three separate road bikes that if you were to price them out would all fall into a similar price rage. If you were to show up to a Saturday morning group ride in my area on a Serotta, Seven, Moots, Colnago, Merckx, etc... with full DA or Record, no one would think twice about it.

Rode for a while, about 10 miles, last year with two college girls. One was on a Litespeed Tuscany and the other was on a De Rosa. The girl on the De Rosa said it cost her a little over 6 Grand. I felt like such a stooge, a 57 year old guy on a $450 Trek Navigator riding along with two 20 year old girls on over 10 grand worth of bike!

... riding along with two 20 year old girls on over 10 grand worth of bike!

Oh. God. What an image ... I thank you for that. I truely do :D

this...

http://www.redroseimports.com/images/car_shield2_b.jpg

He got it just over $5000.. Campy Record Group.. Spinergy wheelset... not the actual pic, but almost the same, except for the wheels..

A chap on Sunday's ride was riding one of these:
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/za/CCY?PAGE=PRODUCT&PRODUCT.ID=39

Full Record groupo, Lord Blue color scheme. At stock the bike is $6000 :eek:

Absolutely gorgeous to look at though!


A friend of mine just got a Ferarri Edition Colnago C-50. Carbon everything...... In this incredible black and yellow fade. I think he ordered it from R A cycles in new york.

My present bike. Serotta Colorado Legend Ti. Appraised for $5500 in 93 when I ordered the bike. I moved over my 8 spd Dura Ace STI groupo to this bike. Presently the bike had over 20K miles on it. In 01 I upgraded to 9 speed STI as the original 8 speed had worn out. Changed the front fork to a carbon frork, and added Shimano WH7700 wheels to the mix.

Seven Odonata

So this didn't actually happen, but I *did* once dream that I met this awesome girl while on a ride. She was on a DeRosa King built up with Campy Record. <3 <3 <3

1991 NISHIKI Modulus, made in USA. Shimano Exage Action equipped. 14spd. Paid for and still own it!

2003 Pinarello Marvel Full Campy Chorus. After the Euro conversion, I think it was around 3K USD. Pics posted here http://bikeforums.net/showthread.php?p=299931#post299931 :D

Oh. God. What an image ... I thank you for that. I truely do :D

To tell you the truth, I didn't notice the bikes for the first 9.9 miles! All I saw were tanned thighs, gloriously packed lycra shorts and tight jerseys.

Believe it or not, but there are now 2 of these beasts in our Saturday morning ride. Not bad for a limited edition bike, and we are on the other side of the world to where they are made. Their list price was $15,000 AUD.

http://www.lancearmstrong.com/pics/2004/LA-bike/bike800.jpg

Believe it or not, but there are now 2 of these beasts in our Saturday morning ride. Not bad for a limited edition bike, and we are on the other side of the world to where they are made. Their list price was $15,000 AUD.

http://www.lancearmstrong.com/pics/2004/LA-bike/bike800.jpg

The color alone would make me dizzy 5 minutes into the ride... :D ...then finding out how much it cost would make me vomit with envy finally. :p

two 20 year old girls on over 10 grand worth of bike!

Sign me up.

To tell you the truth, I didn't notice the bikes for the first 9.9 miles! All I saw were tanned thighs, gloriously packed lycra shorts and tight jerseys.


I need to know where you ride! :D

The color alone would make me dizzy 5 minutes into the ride... :D ...then finding out how much it cost would make me vomit with envy finally. :p


take a look at this beauty $16000 us dollars

http://www.pinarello.com/main.php?surf=dogma_ego_card&path=cycles%2Frace%2Fdogma&lang=e#

I need to know where you ride! :D


ditto.

take a look at this beauty $16000 us dollars

http://www.pinarello.com/main.php?surf=dogma_ego_card&path=cycles%2Frace%2Fdogma&lang=e#

um.... *splooge*

you guys need to take a ride in central park on a nice summer day. not only will you see every top-of-the-line and custom made bike from pinarello, serotta, colnago, seven, merlin, litespeed, orbea, derosa, felt, waterford etc, all equipped with top components, but you get to see them ridden by middle-aged wall street types with 20% body fat and lots of cash to burn.

i like checking out their bikes as i pass them or watching them still sitting on the same bench as i do lap after lap after lap.

I need to know where you ride! :D

This'll make you drool...early this morning I rounded a bend on the trial. Ahead of me about 25 yards was an unbelievable sight. A young blonde women on in-line skates, short, skin tight shorts and halter top was skating along. It was a sight to behold. All of a sudden, she bent over from the waist, and wrapped her arms around her calves and kept on moving. I mean to tell you I almost went into the fence! I must have made an odd sound because she glanced at me, then stood up suddenly. I had no option but to say "On your left," and pass her.

B&A Trail, Severna Park, Maryland. And yes I know I am a dirty old man. So what? ;)

This'll make you drool...early this morning I rounded a bend on the trial. Ahead of me about 25 yards was an unbelievable sight. A young blonde women on in-line skates, short, skin tight shorts and halter top was skating along. It was a sight to behold. All of a sudden, she bent over from the waist, and wrapped her arms around her calves and kept on moving. I mean to tell you I almost went into the fence! I must have made an odd sound because she glanced at me, then stood up suddenly. I had no option but to say "On your left," and pass her.

B&A Trail, Severna Park, Maryland. And yes I know I am a dirty old man. So what? ;)

It is art. Live art. One can never be called a dirty old man for admiring art :D

It is art. Live art. One can never be called a dirty old man for admiring art :D
Now if only this was still in print:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0802703631/qid=1085261928/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4118122-0390468?v=glance&s=books

my bike a Pinarello Prince, with full Shimano Dura Ace Group, with Mavic Cosmic elite, $4,500.00 plus Tax it cost me a whooping $5,175.00, (you can see my bike it is posted at the General Cycling DiscussionThread), will never ride another bike if it is not a Pinarello

Full record Mondonico Foco, not sure what wheels he had... spinergy's I think..

A guy I worked with at the shop for a while did a custom build up with a Colnago C45 frame (he's a TT/Tri guy) Full carbon Record, Reynolds wheels and every trick little thing you can think of on there. As a shop employee he got good deals on everything and he still managed to drop over $6000! I figure the retail on that one was probably approaching $10,000!!! It was a pretty slick looking bike and he let me ride it a little (though I couldn't handle the extreme seat to bar drop he had it setup with) It's nice to have ridden a bike worth almost 10 grand because chances are I will never be able to afford one myself.