david58

I honestly can't get my head around a $10K bike. Can't even generate a fantasy worth $10K....

Stealthammer

Santana Ti-26 Titaniun mountain tandem. No question.

https://santanatandem.com/Bikes/Ti-26.html

bobbycorno

If I had ten grand to spend, I'd buy THREE bikes (cf road, fs 29er mtb, and a FAST 'bent). A three-grand bike in any of those categories would give all the performance I could use, and $10k bikes tend to be either too pretty or too fragile for me to use as daily riders. 'Course, that's just my take on it. You're entitled to your own opinion, no matter how wrong it is. ;-)

SP
Bend, OR

ps - second thought, I might just keep the bikes I have and spend the ten grand on a nice cycling vacation in Europe. Hmmm....

BHOFM

A thousand dollar bike and $9k worth of WaLMart stock.

baj32161

I wouldn't spend $10,000 on one bike. I would buy 3 or 4 with that.

RaleighSport

2, 5k bikes.. so I can beat one and have one tucked away.

blacksquid

You're wrong there my friend. I know that Dario Pegoretti has worked with Columbus, and Dedaccai before that, to have tubes drawn to his specifications. I'm pretty sure that Richard Sachs and probably Sacha White do the same.

zatopek

+1

LOGICK ONE

I would do a custom firefly like this, but have an intergrated seatpost, internal wiring for Di2, and a lightning crank setup.

Silvercivic27

or



VWD, Di2

BillyD

That's exactly it, to each their own . . . one man's treasure is another man's trash. You can't criticize what someone finds value with. Personally I think it's pretty absurd to spend 10k on a plastic, disposable, cookie-cutter bike, but obviously some folks find value in them. Go figure.

Herbie53

Neutralized, and fwiw I used to have a hard time fathoming spending 3 or 4k on a bike. I think if I were to actually do the math (which I refuse to actually do) I may have one now.

I know some people that have and regularly ride $10k bikes and now that seems almost rational. It's a sickness to be enjoyed.

Drew Eckhardt 

Custom frame (I'm partial to titanium with no finish; small US vendors like NTP start at $1800, XACD built $1300 although Dave Anderson does really nice work in stainless steel starting around $3200 and I might consider a fillet brazed 953 frame with unicrown fork) with sporty geometry but fender clearance for winter riding/rack eyelets for commuting/S&S couplers for travel, Campagnolo gruppo with Ultrashift levers, 32/32 or 32/28 spoke Powertap wheelset (NOS SL+ hub for that classic silver look) with shiny silver rims.

Would end up short of $10K (unless Campagnolo EPS is really expensive and you opted for that) but arguably be as nice as you can get.

DuraAce

My Wilier bike, plus another set of Campagnolo carbon tubular wheels.

MajorMantra

Paying $10k for a carbon bike gets you the latest and greatest 'halo' bike. Lighter, stiffer, blah blah blah. As far as I can tell paying Ł10k for a lugged steel bike gets you... a lugged steel bike. There's nothing magic about steel tubes and they can be joined in a finite number of ways. Carbon on the other hand can be laid up in infinite combinations and the top of the line bikes are where manufacturers push the envelope to make things as light as possible but stiff in the right places. Lugged steel can be beautiful, fairly light, and pleasant to ride, but as a technology it's barely changed in the last 20+ years and I really don't see what the $10k incarnation offers over the $3 or $5k version.

To each their own.

mark1974

lol What is that?

WhyFi

For those in the know - a 500 f/4. For you - an expensive lens.

mark1974

That was 10k?

ilovecycling

I sure hope not.

knucklesandwich

Pegoretti and a Hampsten Ti with couplers for traveling.

LOGICK ONE

Makes the nekkid women you're taking pictures of feel more comfortable and makes them think you're a professional.

WHOOOSSHHH...

I would keep mine and add about $2500.00 more to it..

brianogilvie 

Well, there's no way I'm dropping $10K on a bike myself. But if I did have that kind of money to spend on one bike, I'd get the Herse. Unlike Riv and the various other semi-custom lugged bikes, the lugs and bottom bracket are handmade. Like the original René Herse bikes, or Alex Singer bikes, the racks, fenders, and lighting are integrated in the design, not add-ons. Look at the stem with its built-in light switch and brake cable stop. It's those little details that, taken together, require a lot of labor and justify the cost.

Personally, I think my next bike might be one of Mike's TIG-welded Boulder Bikes. But that's not in the OP's price range!

m_misek

if you are already gonna spend 10k you might as well spend another 8k and get a s-works-mclaren venge, if you can find one since they are currently unavailable. sell off the di2 and go with sram red and good to go

WHOOOSSHHH...

You missed the topic..the budget is 10k..back to reading class you go!