My bike cost more than my car. I have a $7,500 bike, a $3,000 bike and two $400 bikes... my car was $5,000 and I put more miles on my bikes than any car...

Bikes suck for a few things - weather and only one person and no storage.

I am a pro-dealer of Fox Shocks products and am looking to becoming an Orbea dealer - potentially opening my own shop.

Also, I am designing 3D printable components based on my being a daily biker for two decades.

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Also - you can go to importYeti.com and look up bike suppliers supply chains, shipments and native chinese/taiwanese manufacturers (Taiwan produces a F-ton of bike frames....

You will see differences in pricing >$1,000 just based on the quality of components.

Some modern bikes have apps to tune their performance, blue-tooth wireless shifters, brakes etc.

I love bikes - but they arent as cheap as one may think (if their looking for performance on top of convenience...

Then just look at the prices of spandex biking clothes.