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Other than a house or car, what's the most expensive purchase you ever made?
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It was a carbon fiber bike that was less than 20 lbs. You could pick it up by the top tube with your pinky and balance it there. The bike with wheels and all came in around $5k. At the time i didn't have a car and used bike to go everywhere including shopping, so i wanted to have a second "nice" bike for fun riding and i used my old bike for normal commutes.
Fun fact but professional cycling regulations have a minimum bike weight of 6.8kg (14.99 lbs) so professional riders have even lighter bikes... but not too light!
They actually don't. Most pro bikes weigh closer to 20lbs. These guys descend mountains at 90 mph, sprint at 45 mph, they are not going to risk their lives over what amounts to a few sips of water. The 14.99 number is for dentists.
Great Akctually, except, well, the answer is somewhere in the middle. It would have been more correct for me to hedge my language and say pro bikes can be lighter. This was my fatal flaw.
Also since we're going to be pedantic then bike weight is also dependent on the course. The link i gave above even talks about how bikes are optimized for the day's riding.
But great job bringing in stereotypes. Please tell me, is Tadej Pogačar a dentist?