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NikiterZTS,Mar 20 2008, 03:15 PM Wrote:so how much is this bike?  around 5gz?

i always thought those professional bikes are so over priced....but whatever floats your boat DP
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MSRP is about $2500-$3000.

There's a lot of technology required to make these bikes efficient... and when you get something that's properly setup, it's a bike that'll be fun to ride forever (like my c-dale).

but you're right to a point... cheap bikes have zero markup... a $500 bike has barely a $100 in it for the shop... the expensive bikes tend to have 50-60% markup between the manufacturer and your door.

And it would have gotten worse if Trek's price fixing scheme a few years back actually worked.