http://blog.fivemonkeys.org/2009/04/14/why-are-single-speed-bikes-so-expensive/ Swim:Bike:Run:Live Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:21:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://blog.fivemonkeys.org/2009/04/14/why-are-single-speed-bikes-so-expensive/#comment-30 kabla Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:42:06 +0000 http://blog.fivemonkeys.org/?p=188#comment-30 its pretty simple answer all though probably not one youll want to hear, one bike is more expensive than the other bike because why????????? name,,, everything comes down to name, hence why they plaster it all over bikes with stickers and what not. so basically you can have a ford escort or a ferrari scag,,,, both cars, both go forward, both will most likely get you from point a to point b which one would you rather be seen in,,,,, 9/10 the ferrari, so basically if you have a 100$ single speed, you know theres some dumb ass out there saying hmmm if we sell ours for x amount more people will think our car is better, its definiately not materials, some of the carbon bikes ive seen 4000-10000 dollars, and have less material than carbon/kevlar quarter panel for a car lol infact i can get a whole entire body kit carbon/kevlar AND a turbo installed, for a 350z cheaper than some mountain bikes,,,,mind you the car is designed to go 160+ and the body kit STAYS ON!!!!! so how can a bike with a 50-70% less material than a car quarter panel cost 5000+ dollars, simple young contractor.doctors lawyers ect ect with too much money and no sense throw down 5000000 dollars on a bike seat and the market explodes ^^ hence why you rarely see under 25 yrs riding any good bikes or riding at all, least where i live, all older people so in nutshell, when ever you see something where you know there isnt enough material to make that expensive, you can thank young rich stupid people ^^ now ask yerself,, howd did they get rich lol its pretty simple answer all though probably not one youll want to hear, one bike is more expensive than the other bike because why????????? name,,, everything comes down to name, hence why they plaster it all over bikes with stickers and what not. so basically you can have a ford escort or a ferrari scag,,,, both cars, both go forward, both will most likely get you from point a to point b which one would you rather be seen in,,,,, 9/10 the ferrari, so basically if you have a 100$ single speed, you know theres some dumb ass out there saying hmmm if we sell ours for x amount more people will think our car is better, its definiately not materials, some of the carbon bikes ive seen 4000-10000 dollars, and have less material than carbon/kevlar quarter panel for a car lol infact i can get a whole entire body kit carbon/kevlar AND a turbo installed, for a 350z cheaper than some mountain bikes,,,,mind you the car is designed to go 160+ and the body kit STAYS ON!!!!! so how can a bike with a 50-70% less material than a car quarter panel cost 5000+ dollars, simple young contractor.doctors lawyers ect ect with too much money and no sense throw down 5000000 dollars on a bike seat and the market explodes ^^ hence why you rarely see under 25 yrs riding any good bikes or riding at all, least where i live, all older people so in nutshell, when ever you see something where you know there isnt enough material to make that expensive, you can thank young rich stupid people ^^ now ask yerself,, howd did they get rich lol

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