> Dan, you could buy a really nice car for what you have invested in all those bikes..
Ha! You know what they say about the ideal number of bikes (it's N+1 where N is the number you currently have). Luckily, I didn't pay retail. I'm 6'5" and know a tall Specialized bicycle mechanic that lives in another town. He gets a steep discount on end-of-the-year bikes but can't resell them in his local area so makes me a deal. He's mainly a mountain biker so doesn't really put many miles on the road bikes. Retail on my Specialized Roubaix was something like $2300 and he sold it to me with less 200 miles for $900 delivered. He made me a similar deal on a trick Specialized Stumpjumper. I built the Habanero Team Issue Nuevo from a bare frame and fork. It was a leftover 62cm frame that had been sitting in warehouse for a while and Mark made me a deal I couldn't refuse ($525 for the titanium frame and carbon fiber fork). I finished it off with a 22 speed Shimano 105 groupset. The Roubaix was originally a Sram Apex 20 speed groupset which I eventually upgraded to the same 22 speed Shimano groupset I have on the Habanero. I picked up a new 63cm Felt F75 aluminum off of craigslist for cheap from a guy who got it in a crash replacement but never used it. The other road bike is 1983 Fuji 18 speed (monster 27" double-butted steel frame) that I rebuilt.
Now if you want to talk about expensive bikes, the CEO of the company I work (Boeing) is a pretty serious cyclist (averages 140 miles a week and has a bike trainer in his business jet) and has a Trek Project One:
https://road.cc/content/review/159585-t ... roject-one
It's Di2 electric shift with completely internal cabling (has flaps in the head tube that pop out on sharp turns to provide room for the cabling). It has the sliding rear triangle with elastomer suspension and air foil frame, seat post and handlebars, along with custom paint featuring the outline of various Boeing products (787, AH-64, F-15E, F/A-18, etc.). Dennis mentioned taking it with him to the Paris Air Show and doing some of the Tour de France climbs including alpe d'huez on it. I think it carries a five figure price tag.
Dan Jones