$23,000 Bike

Triathlon Forum
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BMC Time Machine Frame $9300
New Oval TT bars- $2000
Campy Bar End Shifters- $150
Campy FD- $130
Campy record 10- $290
Wipperman Chain- $100
Poshbikes carbon Cassette- $408
SRM Dura ace 10 Powermeter $3400
Ax Lightness carbon calipers- $577
Campy Ghibili Disk- $2500
Mavic IO 5spoke- $2995
Fizik Arione Carbon saddle $265
Look Keo Carbon Titanium $400
Dugasti tubulars 2x$125
Campy Record carbon bottle cages 2x$120
Bar Tape-$25
Nokon housing- $115

= $23,145

I went with DA instead of Campy so I could add in the SRM’s. (New edit, I switched to Campy. I couldn’t envision a campy disk with DA derailleurs) Can anyone beat that? (Without a solid gold custom frame. Has to be actually rideable)

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$2000 dollars for aerobars…

!) better be taking like 30 min off pr.

thats ut of control…

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you forgot the cost of the divorce when you tell your wife you spent $20K on a bike…

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You can use a D/A crank w/ all other Campy components, so you can jack up the bar end shifters a little. Just use the D/A chain (which I think you missed).

Stem? Or is it integrated into the bars?

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dude, if theres no picture it doesn`t exist.

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Your right I missed the chain, and the cassette. I’ll edit that post.

As far as pictures, you’re right it doesn’t exist.

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that’s funny!

(or, as tom says, “that’s HUGE!”)

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how much does it weigh???

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Not bad. A few mods: Swap out the Zipps for a set of Lightweight Obermayers at $5500 a set (www.competitivecyclist.com) Run a set of Dugast silks – around $350 a pair, I think

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For $20K I think I would want all the parts to work together without any fiddling. The BMC has an integrated stem, fork, headset thingy. I don’t know if you you can put any kind of bar on it or not. Here is a link:

http://www.bmc-racing.com/bikes.cfm?lang=eng&catID=4&modID=32

Interbike pics: (courtesy of Gary) There are a few more if you go forward.
http://www.socalttseries.com/interbike-2005/target91.html

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I would put those Obermayers on a road bike super bike. Maybe you can come up with a $20k road bike.

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you forgot the cost of the divorce when you tell your wife you spent $20K on a bike…
and how about the cost of relocating to a new town because all of your friends think you are crazy for spending $20,000 on a bike (the $2,000 bars really pushed it over the top with them) and have ostracized you :wink:

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I’m sure it’s a tiny drop compared to the divorce… :wink:

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you forgot the cost of the divorce when you tell your wife you spent $20K on a bike…
(how about this one:) you forgot about the cost of the penile-enhancement surgery because (like the guy with the monster truck or flashy sportscar) you are obviously compensating for a tiny little penis :wink:

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hmmm…I don’t know…but I don’t want that BMC :wink:
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Yeah, I even if I actually had that kind of cash, I would never buy a bike like that. I would feel like such a tool riding it. And if I ever saw a friend on one, I would ridicule them until they cried.

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I believe that Temple Cycles can beat that. Visit their website - I think they mention their capabilites up to $50,000. Also check out poshbikes.com

Does anyone remember the infamous America brand beryllium frame from the 90’s? $30,000 for the frame alone.

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First off you need to swap those Veloflexes for something expensive, say Dugasts or Conti Olympics
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Looks great, but are you sure you can mount 2 cages?

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I don’t much about expensive tubulars. Can you give me prices I could substitute in?