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$10,000?
#1
I belong to another thread and someone posted a concern with a flaw on a new e-bike they purchased.

The bike cost the purchaser $10,000.00!!!

I know everyone’s budget is different but even if I were in a position where money was no object, I don’t see myself spending anywhere CLOSE to 5 figures for an electric bike!!

Yes, yes, I know all the to each his own sentiments but $10,000.00 for an electric bicycle?!?!?
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#2
(04-20-2024, 09:49 AM)leehop Wrote:  I belong to another thread and someone posted a concern with a flaw on a new e-bike they purchased.

The bike cost the purchaser $10,000.00!!!

I know everyone’s budget is different but even if I were in a position where money was no object, I don’t see myself spending anywhere CLOSE to 5 figures for an electric bike!!

Yes, yes, I know all the to each his own sentiments but $10,000.00 for an electric bicycle?!?!?

That's nothing; pro race bikes cost the same and more; and there are no motors on those bikes.
Many e-bikes are becoming more like e-motorcycles. The lightweight e-bikes are all well over $5000, but again people are buying human powered bikes for far more. When I see a $500 single speed coaster brake beach cruiser it comes as no surprise that bikes are now commonly up near $10000. It is a high profit industry if you are working at the right level in that "food chain".
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#3
The top -pec builds of e-MTBs like the Cannondale Moterra SL and Specialized Turbo Levo cost much more than $10,000.

Whether anyone who isn't racing at the top of World Championships level actually needs one of those is a different question altogether, LOL.
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(04-21-2024, 07:31 AM)enkei Wrote:  Whether anyone who isn't racing at the top of World Championships level actually needs one of those is a different question altogether, LOL.
Please tell me that there is not a World Championship for e-mtb's; just another form of motocross (quieter anyways!).
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#5
I agree with you. A few friends have such expensive bikes and they aren't racing in any of the top-level championships. So, I always wondered why they bought that expensive bikes/gears, etc. I never asked them but am happy I am not the only who thinks like that...:-)



(04-21-2024, 07:31 AM)enkei Wrote:  The top -pec builds of e-MTBs like the Cannondale Moterra SL and Specialized Turbo Levo cost much more than $10,000.

Whether anyone who isn't racing at the top of World Championships level actually needs one of those is a different question altogether, LOL.
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#6
What makes a $10,000 e-bike worth it? Or how much would you need to ride it to make it worth that to you? Is it your daily driver? Do you actually have a car?
I think having a belt drive and Pinion gearbox would be pretty worthwhile because you wouldn't need to do as much maintenance. On the other hand, how much of that $10k is just for the brand name?
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(04-21-2024, 08:02 AM)Jesper Wrote:  Please tell me that there is not a World Championship for e-mtb's; just another form of motocross (quiter anyways!).

There sure is! It's not exactly another form of motocross. They don't have throttles, so riders still have to pedal, they just go faster/farther for the same effort.

(04-26-2024, 09:25 AM)Amanda_W Wrote:  What makes a $10,000 e-bike worth it? Or how much would you need to ride it to make it worth that to you? Is it your daily driver? Do you actually have a car?
I think having a belt drive and Pinion gearbox would be pretty worthwhile because you wouldn't need to do as much maintenance. On the other hand, how much of that $10k is just for the brand name?

I totally agree with you regarding belt drive and Pinion gearbox.

Given how much top MTBs without motors cost, one might see a $10k e-MTB as a bit of a bargain, given that between the frame, suspension and wheels, you would already have something like $8k worth of bike.

But yeah, for anyone other than top world-class competitors, the value proposition has to be questionable.

On the other hand, a friend's brother buys a nice, super-expensive MTB about every 1-2 years, rides it for a year or so and then usually sells it at close to what he paid for it, even sometimes making a profit. Seems like the gravity-fed MTB hobby can be worth it in Germany. Go figure!
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#8
(04-26-2024, 08:03 PM)enkei Wrote:  
(04-21-2024, 08:02 AM)Jesper Wrote:  Please tell me that there is not a World Championship for e-mtb's; just another form of motocross (quiter anyways!).

There sure is! It's not exactly another form of motocross. They don't have throttles, so riders still have to pedal, they just go faster/farther for the same effort.

I do believe that I will NOT be participating or watching that event. Are there road e-bike races also? I can just see it now at the retirement center: "Sunday brunch followed with shuttle board and e-bike racing!"
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#9
(04-26-2024, 08:14 PM)Jesper Wrote:  I do believe that I will NOT be participating or watching that event. Is there are road e-bike race also? I can just see it now at the retirement center: "Sunday brunch followed with shuttle board and e-bike racing!"

LOL. It's not quite electric fat-tire cruiser racing. To win, you still need superior fitness and riding skill.
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#10
(04-28-2024, 10:02 AM)enkei Wrote:  
(04-26-2024, 08:14 PM)Jesper Wrote:  I do believe that I will NOT be participating or watching that event. Is there are road e-bike race also? I can just see it now at the retirement center: "Sunday brunch followed with shuttle board and e-bike racing!"

LOL. It's not quite electric fat-tire cruiser racing. To win, you still need superior fitness and riding skill.

I know; I do not mean to demean the sport, as I am sure they could all outperform me on a regular bike. I do not watch any motorized "sports", but I had already assumed that all disciplines relating to bike racing would, to a lesser or greater degree, be mimmicked by e-bikes.
I am well aware of Formula E racing, and E-drag racing so it is just a natural evolution to take a technology and expand it well beyond its meaningful benefit to become another entertainment money making bonanza at the expense of those who would benefit most from the wasteful use of our resources (allow me to be cynical); but it will increase the costs of lithium in the near future, both in procurement and disposal.
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#11
I'm scared enough to mountain bike WITHOUT a motor roflol, I can't imagine adding more speed to it.
I really like to keep my wheels touching the ground Big Grin
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#12
Can you share the model and make? Really curious
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#13
(04-30-2024, 01:06 PM)Talha Wrote:  Can you share the model and make? Really curious

Sure!
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#14
If I lived somewhere with a great system of bike paths and I could use an e-bike for all my errands and trips, without relying on a car at all, I could personally see myself spending that much. If I had the money to spare.

But do I think it's necessary? Definitely not. I think even if you want to splurge on a family cargo bike and get all the bells and whistles like a Pinion gearbox, Gates drive belt, and Bosch electronics, $5-6,000 would allow you to check all of those boxes and then some.
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#15
Wow this thread really blew up, a 10,000usd mountain bike buys you the ability to keep up with younger kids going up mountains, imagine riding a trail without a gondola system or some way to bring your self up to the trail head without having to use your own muscles like what you usually see on mountain bike parks, now imagine being 50yro keeping up with your kids or friends that are in their 20's going up the mountain to have fun going down. 10,000usd seems like a steep price but when Father Time inevitably gets you, 10,000usd seems affordable to enjoy moments and memories with your kids. Now that's something you couldn't buy before but is now available for everyone who wants to share these memories
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(05-28-2024, 02:24 PM)meamoantonio Wrote:  Wow this thread really blew up, a 10,000usd mountain bike buys you the ability to keep up with younger kids going up mountains, imagine riding a trail without a gondola system or some way to bring your self up to the trail head without having to use your own muscles like what you usually see on mountain bike parks, now imagine being 50yro keeping up with your kids or friends that are in their 20's going up the mountain to have fun going down. 10,000usd seems like a steep price but when Father Time inevitably gets you, 10,000usd seems affordable to enjoy moments and memories with your kids. Now that's something you couldn't buy before but is now available for everyone who wants to share these memories

That's a great point I haven't thought about, but is it actually necessary to spend that much to get those benefits? Couldn't you get the same result with a $5-6,000 e-mountain bike?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not against spending 10K on a bike and I don't think it's stupid, I'm just wondering if it's a necessity or more of a luxury.
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#17
I can't see spending that kind of money for a bike either, especially considering that a $5,000 bike is about 98% of what a $10,000 bike is. Also considering that the person riding a bike makes the bike, not the other way around.

So, buy a $5,000 bike and take the remaining 5k and either pay off debt or invest it; but if you have debt, other than a mortgage, then why are you looking at even a $5k bike? A $2,500 bike is about 80% of a $5,000 bike.
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#18
Hello @froze, I am with you when you say that it's a person who makes the bike and not the other way around. I truly hope people buying "new/fancy" bikes or gadgets realize this. Hopefully, they then realize that they are not racing another person but racing their "own" yesterday, their own today..:-)

There's always someone I can compare myself and feel bad. If so, why not compare myself to the person "I was yesterday" and try to "beat" him..:-)


(08-29-2024, 11:24 PM)froze Wrote:  I can't see spending that kind of money for a bike either, especially considering that a $5,000 bike is about 98% of what a $10,000 bike is. Also considering that the person riding a bike makes the bike, not the other way around.

So, buy a $5,000 bike and take the remaining 5k and either pay off debt or invest it; but if you have debt, other than a mortgage, then why are you looking at even a $5k bike? A $2,500 bike is about 80% of a $5,000 bike.


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#19
The funny thing about marketing people, is they can sell ice to an Eskimo and make the Eskimo believe it's a better ice.

Like in the audio world, you'll find 60 something-year-old audiophiles, who will tell people that speaker wire that costs $2,000 a FOOT (yes, they do have stuff like that), sounds better than $1.75 a foot speaker wire. Well, guess what? There is no difference whatsoever in the sound. What makes those 60 some odd year-old people so funny is that the average human hears as follows:

Young Adults: By the age of 20, most people can hear up to about 16 kHz.
Middle Age: By the age of 50, the upper limit usually drops to around 12-14 kHz.
Older Adults: By the age of 70, many people can only hear up to about 8 kHz

So, these old audiophiles, which is what all of them are that do reviews, can't even hear as well as they could when they were 20! But yet they'll tell you they can hear something that isn't there! But fancy scientific mumbo jumbo of words convinces these people that they can hear something.

I had a friend in the mid 80's who was looking at a new set of golf clubs, the clubs cost $1,000 a club, his old set cost him $45 each. I told him to spend that money for professional golf lessons, but instead he bought the clubs. His golf score never improved! The clubs don't make the golfer, the golfer makes the clubs. For fun, figure the inflation factor on those $1,000 clubs he purchased in 1986 into today's dollars!

I had a friend who convinced his wife that their $80 camera wasn't good enough to take good pictures of their kids as they grow, so he bought a $1,200 camera, this was also back in the mid 80's, guess what happened? Yup, his pictures were just as bad as they were when he used the $80 camera!

There are a lot of things being sold to the public that do not do what they are led to believe they are capable of doing.
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