Do you believe this...?

The bit about the cost of each one of Chris Hoy's track bkes that is
BBC article
Can't see why myself, you'd have to try really hard to find anywhere to chuck that much money at, surely. Just a feeling, wondered what anyone else thinks.
Is it a case of journalists exagerating/being vague with figures etc? Surely not!
BBC article
Can't see why myself, you'd have to try really hard to find anywhere to chuck that much money at, surely. Just a feeling, wondered what anyone else thinks.
Is it a case of journalists exagerating/being vague with figures etc? Surely not!
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Basically when they talk about the cost of a single bike they're talking about the manufacturing costs for that particular bike, plus the total R&D cost divided by the number of bikes the make.
The budget for the whole team (~£4m pa) isn't enough to have paid that sort of price, considering that other riders will have had similar bikes.
Any other figure probably includes R&D time and costs. But if we order a new one for any rider - the price is £10K.
Don't believe the hype.