Discuss.

IMO, the money makes little difference. A bicycle is always better than a car.

Unless it's really cold out.

Az

Only if you put the $20,000 bike on top of the $15,000 car.

Throw a few bikes on the roof and their value quickly exceeds the value of many cars I see parked near the start line of races.

Priorities straightened.

Sweet Mother of Merckx what a friggin Wussyfest this place is. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get ready for a nice 40 mile ride in the 50º rain.

depends.

Hey botto we're all set.

Is a fish better at math than a spider?

You are not a really cyclist unless....

You have a bike payment, but your car is paid for...OR

Your team provides (or in my case, provided) your bikes for free.

+/-1 Not sure.... 'cuz it depends.

I don't think so.
A $20,00 bike isn't going to be much better than a $10,000, where as a $15,000 car can be much better than a $7500 car.

is this one of your old team bikes?

I reckon it's really fukn stooopid to spend that much on a road bike.

I was speaking to a guy the other day whose mate bought one of those 'Ferrari' Colnagos for $19,000 AUD!!!!!!

I mean, even if the frame-set was about $7,000 and the wheels were $4,000, where to hell does the other $8,000 go???? On the bars, stem, seat and group-set?? It's crazy!!

A $20,000 bike is $5,000 better than a $15,000 car.

Is his mate a tosser?

Yes, I mean your talking about top of the line with the bike and bottom of the barrel with the car. What is to discuss?

Well, my bike IS more expensive than my car. But then again, I only have a Trek 1.2 entry level road bike (around 950 bucks bike+gear+taxes) and a very crappy old Hyundai (estimated value 850).

It gets to the question of value in bicycles. I have always been astonished what people will pay for a top of the line bicycle. Especially when you consider what the same money will buy in a motorcycle... $10,000 will get a really nice (but not top of the line) bicycle. That same $10,000 will get a motorcycle that is faster and handles as well/better than MotoGP machines from a few years ago... basically, as fast as you want to go, it will go.

I dunno. I was talking with my wife and her friend yesterday about priorities. Her friend said that if we wanted to go on vacation, buy the nice bicycles etc. etc. we just needed to reprioritize... just look in the garage where we have a Volvo cross country and a Mini Cooper S - if we had bought Hyundai's instead we'd have been able to do all those other things that we now claim we can't afford.

It is all priorities. And for you a $20k bike may be better than a $15k car, depending on your priority set. For me, I can't yet extract all the capabilities out of my $1000 bicycle, so it would be a waste.

Must be!! And 'crazy ape bonkers'





He lives in a hoity-toity, bayside suburb

Finally, we get into the price range where you can buy a *new* bike.

It is to the guy who can buy it without even thinking about the cost. Chances are that guys drives a $100K car or two.

To wit (I drive a 2006 VW Jetta TDI, about 26K and a used 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport that I paid 6500 for 4 years ago)

I can afford a Ducati 1098 (15k) without much worry. My wife might raise an eyebrow.
I could probably do a Ducati 1098S (24k) if i scarifice and sweat and am willing to get a divorce.
I cannot afford a 1098R (45K) nor would I want to at my current salary.

Knowing me, I'll probably buy a used 848 (10-11k)

define 'bicycle'

Same here. If I had my 3 main bikes on my trunk rack and someone were to steal my car, the car would be incidental. The car would represent about 15% of the monetary value the bikes would.

$15,000 car is for poor wussy

How do you insure a $20K bicycle?

Hmm. I have a $7,000 bike and an $80,000 car, but I prefer the bike. The car sits in the driveway.