probably has a carbon frame and probably goes quite fast
brand name. Cervélo is a fancy-pants brand and doesn't mass produce on a scale similar to other manufacturers
expensive bikes like this are designed to sell to dentists who have a lot of money and have devoted themselves to cycling events. Dentists will be willing to pay more money if the bike is expensive and seems fancy
You pay increasingly more money to lose increasingly less weight and this weighs 7,5kg
the tolerances to allow the wheels to be this close to the frame for aerodynamic reasons can't be that easy, like 2mm off and you'll grind your frame away with your tyre
How is a bike worth 16 grand?
probably has a carbon frame and probably goes quite fast
brand name. Cervélo is a fancy-pants brand and doesn't mass produce on a scale similar to other manufacturers
expensive bikes like this are designed to sell to dentists who have a lot of money and have devoted themselves to cycling events. Dentists will be willing to pay more money if the bike is expensive and seems fancy
I'm pretty sure I know a dentist who named their kid axel or something bike related like that.
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That's triathlete bikes, not roadbikes
A new car is $30-50k but a Formula 1 race car costs like ten million dollars. People ride Cervélo bikes in the Tour de France, Olympics, etc.
to add to what axont said
mostly dentists though