$80k bikes stolen in Boulder, CO with 1 bike worth $40k stolen

A Cervello P5 triathlon bike it was

I know nothing about high end cycling bikes but it looks like a normal stock one retails msrp for $10k and this one was modified so it was 40k

What the heck, why would anyone pay so much for a bike? I paid 9k cash for my car. Can you insure a 40k bike? What's the difference between a 10k bike and a 40k bike?

the a-hole behind the wheel

You don't need to know since you just drive junk cars.

As a former triathlon participant and bike fanatic–these bike mods are highly addictive (not to mention extremely expensive). It's the same principle with most car modifications.

It's can be functional, egoistic, or both.

RE insuring it: yes, there is actual insurance available for these types of properties lol.

RE $10k vs $40k = this is not a surprising jump. Simply altering the wheels can bump the price to around 20-30k range. The bike usually comes with a carbon tubeless wheel–switching that with flow cast forged wheels (+aesthetic mods) is a quick way to deduct $10k from your bank lol.

Couldn't have happened to a nicer town

The definition of disposable income. When I was doing triathlons 40 years ago I used a $180 dollar Schwann Sport. Those with $5000 bikes would say it’s the rider not the bike.

40K bike =Fetish

Serves them right. The neoliberal come-here's that have descended on the entire Front Range at this point are some of the vainest, shallowest, elitist, most wasteful and selfish wretches you could ever dream up.

Why would someone buy a house over $1mil?

Was this story released on 4/1?

A smart move in today’s economic environment imo

No the police release was 3/31

Now I want to ride a $40,000 bicycle just to see what the experience is like

$40k bikes still get flats and still suck to ride uphill.

I have a Cervelo P5 Tri bike, and it cost nothing like $40K.

That sucker must be blinged out the ying-yang.

It will probably go for three figures on Craigslist 1000 miles away.

Does anyone here into cycling understand what add-ons were made to the bike to make it 40K and can explain to us?

The bikes were stolen from the company Ceramic Speed.

2 of the stolen bikes (the "30k" one and the "40k" one) bikes were heavily modified prototypes. Ceramic Speed has a prototype drivetrain, and the carbon fiber frames of these bikes were modified to accept it.

I don't know how the valuations were determined, but it not just that some dentist just got carried away buying carbon fiber doodads for his tri bike.