Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike

Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by ogre_codes on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:57PM (#25234459)

> I'm an engineer and a biker. If you only look at the numbers or try to run simplistic calculations, it's easy to think that bikers are just deluding themselves.

Bikes are all about diminishing returns.

If you spend $500, you get a bike that's probably twice as good as a $250 department store bike.

Spend $1000, and you get a bike that's half again as good as that $500 bike.

Drop 2 large and you get a bike that's 25% better than the $1k bike.

etc etc until you are paying $15,000 for a bike that's 0.5% better than a $10,000 bike.

We all find what part of the curve we want to participate in.

Personally, I think $4500 for a really nice looking eBike with some fantastic add-ons is a decent deal.

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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by jjav on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:41AM (#25235778)

> Bikes are all about diminishing returns.

Pretty much everything is about diminishing returns though, so nothing special about bikes.

For instance I can (and have) build a Miata race car for $5K to do good laptimes at the race track. Or I can spend over $100K on a car to go a handful seconds faster per lap.

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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by ogre_codes on Saturday November 28, 2020 @02:16AM (#25235926)

> Pretty much everything is about diminishing returns though, so nothing special about bikes.

Mostly truth. Some things more than others.

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