for when people think your bike is too expensive
03-31-17, 02:30 PM
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for when people think your bike is too expensive
Makes us C&V types look totally cheap
Bugatti’s New Bicycle Costs More Than a BMW M3
Bugatti?s New Bicycle Costs More Than a BMW M3 - Men's Journal
Bugatti’s New Bicycle Costs More Than a BMW M3
Bugatti?s New Bicycle Costs More Than a BMW M3 - Men's Journal
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03-31-17, 02:40 PM
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The article has it right: "ludicrously expensive."
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03-31-17, 03:07 PM
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Just wow. But if you've got millions to spend on a car, what's $60K for a bike?
Of course, you could buy six of the Pinarello Dogma bikes that won the 2016 Tour De France for the same price, and then fly to France and ride them on the road, but when was this ever about practicality?
03-31-17, 03:07 PM
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Luxury French car brand Bugatti and German bicycle design house PG have joined forces to create what they call “the perfect blend of the best of two worlds” with a carbon “special bike.”
To the best of my knowledge, the marque has been a luxury brand of VW, a German entity, for nearly 20 years.
To the best of my knowledge, the marque has been a luxury brand of VW, a German entity, for nearly 20 years.
03-31-17, 03:50 PM
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Luxury French car brand Bugatti and German bicycle design house PG have joined forces to create what they call “the perfect blend of the best of two worlds” with a carbon “special bike.”
To the best of my knowledge, the marque has been a luxury brand of VW, a German entity, for nearly 20 years.
To the best of my knowledge, the marque has been a luxury brand of VW, a German entity, for nearly 20 years.
03-31-17, 04:11 PM
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Is this an early April Fools?
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In the end, with bicycles, money cannot buy strength and speed.......
03-31-17, 05:26 PM
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Some things are just made to be expensive, prestigious and one of a kind. I don't doubt the cost if it's all developed and engineered from scratch using only the most expensive materials. I'm sure there are equally as nice bikes with a zero or two less on the price tag ;- )
03-31-17, 05:39 PM
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It's ugly and it doesn't even have gears!
03-31-17, 05:40 PM
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I never run into that issue. My bikes are all well ridden, and look it. Only someone who knows bikes has any idea what they're worth, and they never ask about what I paid
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03-31-17, 05:57 PM
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Bugatti did design a bicycle. (designed a supercharged velocipede motor too)
Either Much more unique that that.
Art Stump made two very close examples of the frame design.
Either Much more unique that that.
Art Stump made two very close examples of the frame design.
03-31-17, 06:17 PM
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As far as the design goes, PG’s unique frame uses an asymmetrical rear triangle to support the weight of the rider and the forces generated by pedaling without any surplus tubing.
The tubing is shaped with aerodynamics in mind
Of course, no bicycle experiences lower aerodynamic drag than one that isn't being ridden, because:
Despite drawing inspiration from a road-legal supercar, PG states the bike “is not intended to be used on public roads.”
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03-31-17, 08:10 PM
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With things like this, you pay for the privilege of paying a lot of money...
It's kind of funny to me that the American urban messenger bike aesthetic (if you can call it that) is seen as hip and stylish by Europeans.
It's kind of funny to me that the American urban messenger bike aesthetic (if you can call it that) is seen as hip and stylish by Europeans.
03-31-17, 09:40 PM
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Bugatti designed an airplane, the Bugatti 100, in the thirties. The prototype was never finished because of the war, but a replica was built in 2011-2013. It crashed, killing the pilot, in 2015.
Bugatti 100 - Wikipedia
Bugatti 100 - Wikipedia
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