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[QUOTE=Yodamaster;8630381]A lot of you guys are comparing mass produced items to relatively bespoke bikes, last time I checked, you could pick up a bike that would get you from A to B for less than a thousand bucks at Can Tire./QUOTE]
Agreed. Timpo, I think you're going about this all wrong... a more apt comparison would be some $150 CCM bike from Canadian Tire to a $9,900 Nissan Micra. Or one of those $10,000 Orbea carbon fiber bikes to a $300,000~ Ferrari 458.
Very different versions of the same thing that gets you from Point A to Point B. A lot of research and development goes into the latter, and not so much into the former. Whether you see it or not.
Personally, I am not a cyclist but I can't help but think it cool when an average bike weighs around 20-25 lbs and has literally 10 parts but engineers are still able to make a "high end" bike weighs less than half that...
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