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A gold bike, really? Surprised a Merida wasn't on the list. My 4K bike has many of the same components and a full carbon frame and 4K was still a lot to me. Why would anyone pay that much with way cheaper equivalents available?
We all put in a quid, 1 million of us that is. We buy the gold shopper. Take it round Sam Pilgrims and see how long it takes him to break it in a car park. Its worth a million of anyone's money.
As much as I find this list meaningful to ponder, I would rather want to see the top 10 most expensive MTB FRAMES. The stock specs are interchangeable across the brands (although perhaps it is interesting to see the value of the overall build in comparison to how much discount each brand gets from its specs suppliers) so if we assume each brand gets similar specs at same discounted prices from its suppliers, then the real value of each brand lies in its frame, and to judge whether the quality and geometry of the frame justify such a high price.
Rich and Martyn, glad you did this video. You have highlighted one of many, many problems with the bike industry. There is NO WAY the price of these bikes is anywhere closely related to the cost of production. This is price gouging at its worst. You would think these prices would create a great opportunity for used bike sellers like The Pros Closet. But, have you ever tried selling your bike to TPC? They make ridiculously low ball offers which border on bad faith. They then jack the sale price when they post it on the web site for sale. I understand the need to make a profit, but come on! Would love to see a video of a bike company rerpresentative talking about what it costs to make these bikes. They will NEVER do it. It is not a problem unique to the bike industry.
I just bought brand new Orbea Oiz M-pro that costs €7k on the Web, for €4200 on sale discount, that just tells you how much margin there is on those bikes 🙈
An absolute waste of money. Unless you’re a world class Sponsored professional rider. Most of us can’t afford this sort of OTT bikes just for riding out with our mates they are only worth what people are willing to pay for them
Not like we have an option. The riding experience on these bikes is amazing. Sure there’s ways to save money but it’s a huge pain and you need to be extremely patient. So if you got the money you’ll just pay the price.
Most people I know who own these kind of bikes, don’t even use them a lot. They just have a different relationship to money and don’t even look at anything below 10k. “Uff yeah spring last year I wanted to do a bit of biking” - don’t be sad that you can’t afford these bikes. They are made for a specific clientele.
Not the most expensive, but I really like the look of the rear suspension setup on the Trek Supercaliber. So, in this game of I Won The Lottery, I'd buy one of those.
👍love hardtails but love the fact that a guy with Neil's skill and enthusiasm knows when to "call it" . A great lesson to the lesser skilled but just as enthusiastic riders like myself to learn from!
Here in southern California, I see people ride these expensive bikes on nothing but tame fire roads they never use the full potential until they become second hand.
I live in SoCal as well. That’s why I bought a spur a few years ago with some upgrades over those years including carbon wheels. I just ride closer to cross country now and feel even if I take a few months off and get back to riding, my money was well spent. I probably have 7-8K into the bike right now.
Watching this, I'm more and more glad I managed to build my own Mega for 3.5k last year. Wouldn't go and buy 5k+ stock bike what so ever. My family would sew me :)
You should do a video seeing how cheaply you can find super expensive bikes used or new, for example I've just bought the haibike nduro 8 freeride for 3800
Have you ever looked into that wheelset? It's a technological marvel to be honest. Single piece carbon wheelset... the rims, spokes, and hub flanges are all a single piece carbon layup. They then insert the center section of the hub into the carbon flanges and that tensions the wheel properly. I wouldn't own a set for a variety of reasons, but as far as tech goes, they're really damn neat.
In only a few years people will shake their heads in disbelief how much coin some people paid for a bicycle in the early 20‘s of this century! Just RIDICULOUS ‼️
I have one of these bikes I can't believe I spent that kind of money but at the end of the day I love it.... though since the mountain biking industry is crashing around itself you'll be able to get these bikes for a fraction of what they're asking now
Like always, the super-expensive bikes drive the technology that eventually trickles down to more affordable prices. I don't think we'll ever see those Silverton wheels being ridden by the average rider though. There's no easy way to mass manufacture those.
My bike has Transmission, wireless seatpost, all Öhlins, carbon wheels and frame ... and was less than $4000! Some bikes on this list are way overpriced! Still pushing those inflated pandemic prices I would say.
A million pounds and mechanical brakes. That’s all you need to see to realize that last one is just a cynical way to separate wealthy fools from their money
Lots of nice bikes there, i bought the E160 T4 build and the prices are absolutely eyewatering. I predict a hefty pricedrop in the future and would not buy anything from this list the next 6-8 months
Specialized is falling over itself trying to sell me 2023 S works epic. MSRP is 13,000. They offered it to me for 7 1/2, one year maintenance free, frame protector, and tubeless set up. If you want one of these ultra bikes now is the time to do it.
Spend almost 6k building my Intense M1 in 2002 and it still looks and does the business, how many of these carbon bike will still be around after 20 years of hard use
@@Bianchiboy you seem to care as you responded twice, and my point was these overpriced carbon frames are not worth the money and wont last like aluminium bikes did
Hey guys, I went for a new 2023 Cube 160 action team Ebike , just got it last week but the only way I went for it wast because I came into some inheritance and thought I was getting back on a bike now definitely! Even with 2k off in January sales it was still £4500 my Giant ATX 1 never even cost that back in the day and that was one the most expensive for me! Bit I've not ridden since 2004 it's just woth watching the channels over winter I was like "I miss this sooo much"! I did look around but man this Cube is so well spec'd for the Price it was hard not to go for it! The blue with the orange was abit yuk at the time but it started to grow on me more and more and when it arrived it was just incredible feeling to have one these ebikes I thought I'd never be able to afford!
S-Works Epic Evo in Sand/Red gold in the Specialized Concept Store is retailing at £12.5k. Also, I don’t reckon it would be that hard to get an Atherton bike to that sort of money either.
It’s completely wild these days. Everyone talks about there being great deals, but I’m not seeing it at the high end. A Santa Cruz 5010 CC without Transmission is over $10k, even at 27% off, it’s over $7k… that’s delusional. At some point these companies are going to put themselves out of business. It’s pushed me out of the full suspension bike market entirely; no biggie, I can keep up with most on my aggressive hardtail anyway!
So this is what it must be like sitting at a dentist computer screen after he snuck down the stairs clutching Bank card in one hand and MTB cleaning rag in the other end after the wife and kids have gone to bed 😂😂 Plus I can’t believe the top spec specialized levo isn’t on this list It’s £500 more than Scott spark at Number 2
@@CarnivoreDMD I have a voodoo Hoodoo HT that cost £600 27.5 and I Street ride A Alcatraz JB And a 2014 glory still rocking 26s The downside of my glory is A decent set of 26s is £500+ as it is a old school DH it’s heavy The worst thing is peddling 10-15 miles throughout the day riding spot to spot and if it’s on a 30° day it’s a death sentence thankfully The UK hardly gets any of those 😂😂
Even with lottery win money I absolutely cannot see how any pushbike regardless of tech, materials or components should ever cost more than £3500 and with these ridiculous prices it’s no surprise to see the mtb industry falling apart and major brands going bankrupt, for anyone looking to get started in the sport please ignore anyone telling you that you need to spend this kind of money and look seriously at what is available from the likes of go outdoors or even Halfords as the quality of “budget” bikes is so good and the difference in performance for anyone except elite athletes is so negligible that bikes like those in this video are a total waste of money
Wow I’m just getting into mtb and didn’t realise they went that high in price lol I paid £285 on my carrera code disk and I thought that was a lot of money lol
I tested the Scott Spark in 2022 and it is optional to get with Fight Attandent and completely Rockshox fork and shock. I am not sure but the price was about €15500
The Spark is not available with the electronic Flight Attendant yet. Only Nino is riding it as a prototype. I would guess 2025 model year maybe. All Sparks come with the mechanical twin-loc system (designed by Scott) regardless of if you get RockShox or Fox suspension bundles.
@@WRBWRXWGN I'm riding a scott for a few year's an I know the suspension system very well. It's possible that I was wrong about the model could have been an Genius but it was definitely a Tuned model with electrical suspension front and rear. Maybe a early version of the Flight Attedent or something else definitely sensor controled. In the Scott store the told me it is the flagship model at the moment in price and furnishing.
@@stefan.h.6888 Possibly the Genius you saw, I suppose. I only know the Spark lineup REALLY well because I spent all of 2022 searching the entire US for an RC to buy. I had to consider many spec levels. I finally found an Team Black in early 2023. I 'settled' for the Fox suspension over the RockShox, but it performs very well and I am pleased with the bike. All in with AXS, carbon wheelset, power meter, and a host of other upgrades, I'm in to it maybe $8500. More than I ever thought I would spend on a bike. That said, it's a ripper and I have 2000 trouble free miles on it. Value is subjective.
note for editor: seems the music volume has been increased in the clips, previously it was about the same as the talk audio, now it is noticeably louder. I liked the old way much more.
My 15k on a lockdown build yeti sb115 was well worth it lol .. not like I still ride my orange stage evo most of the time.. lol as the yeti really doesn’t like UK mud
Going forward, one of the next problems with the bike industry is that most people won't pay the price for a new bike right now, not just the most expensive, but more or less across all bikes. Hopefully, the people setting these prices will realise that you can't cover losses simply by increasing cost, as you'll have no sales.
I happen to own the 2nd most expensive bike on the list 🫣. Although I must admit, I didnt buy it in a bike shop. Bought it used in perfect condition and without those crazy wheels and drivechain, which on 2022 model was old AXS. I have also bought new t-type xx sl for Eur 2000 and some sub 1kg wheels custom built from local company. To sum up if you are insanely rich you can go and order one from store, if not you have to do the hard job of looking out for bargains online and build it yourself. In this case 9k euros instead 15k. Good to learn the price of the new tr version, not worth increase, I mean the increase in the price as you can get the drivechain cheaper. Btw before anybody replies anything about warranty - I know by own experience it is quasi non-existent for Scott bikes so worth nothing if you are going to pay for it extra 😉.
These bikes are so bad ass but who really spends over 10k on a bike I'd guess not many ppl that wat h this can't swing a price tag like that it would be nice if they sent us some to ride just to see the difference
One thing I will never understand, the most expensive mountainbike and the most expensive road bikes cost about the same, but the road bike doesn’t have suspension or a dropper post?
I think half decent mtb's are becoming too expensive for the average joe which is a massive shame, before i moved over to emtb's, my last mtb was a Cannondale Trigger 1 2016 which is carbon frame, carbon wheels, carbon lefty fork, carbon handlebars, carbon brake levers, cost me £6000, which I will never ride again since owning ebikes. It will remain a classic mtb in mint condition. I think the mark up on these bikes is crazy, my current Specialized Levo cost me £5250 Dec 21, my local Specialized dealer have now reduced the over stock of my current bike to £3450 last time i checked. Clearly these manufacturers can sell these bikes alot cheaper but choose not too.
Why are wheels so expensive??? Can you do a video explaining this? Is it the man hours? The R&D expensive? Carbon and aluminium is not an expensive raw material. I don’t get it?
They likely charge that because they can. The same with hubs, it don't matter if you use Tourney or DT Swiss, both are CNC machined and the 2 bearings inside a through axle hub are industrial bearings, which are less than 20 € for both even if they are SKF
The Syncros wheels on the Spark are technological wonder wheels. The rim, spokes, and hub flanges are made from a single piece carbon layup. The spokes are tensioned when they insert the hub cartriges between the two flanges. Super cool, unique design. But impractical for 99% of riders for a variety of reasons (cost, broken spoke = totaled wheel, proprietary hubs, etc).
Yeti shouldn't be here. Cannondale Scalpel HiMod LTD has a base price of € 11999 (how on earth did Martyn miss that???) and BMC Fourstroke 01 LTD base price is $14,299.00 / €13.999,00.
That's all there , nearly every brand has a $20,000 CAD bike now . Or at least for now , .. Uci says they have to available to the public if you want to race one , but it doesn't say anybody has to buy it .. and it's a year where in reality , I bought a budget Spark 940 , plain jane flat black , for $1000 Cad off at $4400, a set of bontrager kovee rsl wheels half price for $2000 and an XT mechanical drivetrain with a GX cassette because it was cheaper than changing the driver , and I had traded in a bike with a SID Ultimate and Traded the Pike off the brand new bike to get the SID back because it's lighter and less travel . So for $8 gran , I got the budget model because that Spark SL top of the line thing is $20 gran CAD . And i couldn't have built one that cheap any other time , but the same time that $20 gran bike is in stock at some dealers or available from the manufacturer , There were bikes and parts (or still are ) that didn't sell , and there was end of summer sales , black Friday was all month long , then cyber monday went into Christmas , then end of year sales , .. and on and on , and the base model epic evo dropped from $5000 to $4299 regular price . So back down here on Earth , They are getting a grip on reality . I also bought a Scale RC team bike with everything XT for $4450 tax included .. Actually traded alloy bikes in and lost money on paper but because of the savings on the new bikes , I broke even . I'm a shimano fan , so I don't excited about electronic latest greatest things . Because of the latest greatest new things , Shimano XT stuff and Sram GX 10-50 can be found 1/2 price this year .. That's what I'm all fired up about ...
