a bicycle - with a price tag of 9,500 pounds

[Eric Vey]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2075065/The-celebrity--present-a-bicycle---at-andpound9,500.html

The bike, the most expensive in Britain, is too expensive to be insured
- so it comes with its own personal body guard.

[Clive George]

"Eric Vey" <junker@ericvey.com> wrote in message
news:g26h8s$fuv$1@news.datemas.de...
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2075065/The-celebrity--present-a-bicycle---at-andpound9,500.html
>
> The bike, the most expensive in Britain, is too expensive to be insured -
> so it comes with its own personal body guard.

They're not trying...

http://www.jdcycles.co.uk/bikes/all-tandems

[Dan Becker]

In article <g26h8s$fuv$1@news.datemas.de>, Eric Vey
<junker@ericvey.com> wrote:

>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2075065/The-celebrity--present-a-bicycl
> e---at-andpound9,500.html

I just don't understand spending that kind of money on a 4-3/4 ton
bicycle.

Dan

[bicycle_disciple]

On Jun 4, 12:58 pm, Eric Vey <jun...@ericvey.com> wrote:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2075065/The-celebrity--present...
>
> The bike, the most expensive in Britain, is too expensive to be insured
> - so it comes with its own personal body guard.

Eric,

You missed the million dollar bicycle. 580,000 pounds = price. See
here for details. http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2008/06/tt-concept-million-dollar-bike-and.html

[Tosspot]

Dan Becker wrote:
> In article <g26h8s$fuv$1@news.datemas.de>, Eric Vey
> <junker@ericvey.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2075065/The-celebrity--present-a-bicycl
>> e---at-andpound9,500.html
>
> I just don't understand spending that kind of money on a 4-3/4 ton
> bicycle.

'S only gold plated, but that probably adds on a few grams!

[Don Mackie]

On Jun 5, 5:59*pm, Tosspot <Frank.Le...@esa.int> wrote:
> Dan Becker wrote:
> > In article <g26h8s$fu...@news.datemas.de>, Eric Vey
> > <jun...@ericvey.com> wrote:
>
> >>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2075065/The-celebrity--present...
> >> e---at-andpound9,500.html
>
> > I just don't understand spending that kind of money on a 4-3/4 ton
> > bicycle.
>
> 'S only gold plated, but that probably adds on a few grams!

So where does all the money go? I see about £1500 of cycle, so there's
about a pound of gold to make up the price.