Top 10 Most Expensive MTBs Ever Made
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- Having looked around the internet Martyn Ashton and Rich Payne have compiled a list of what they think are the most expensive mountain bikes on the market.
⏱ Timestamps ⏱
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Number 10 | Yeti Sb160
02:32 - Number 9 | Santa Cruz Megatower
03:48 - Number 8 | Specialized S-Works Epic LTD
05:27 - Number 7 | ACTOFIVE P Train Dream Build
06:34 - Number 6 | Orbea Rallon M-LTD
08:11 - Number 5 | Antidote Carbonjack
09:45 - Number 4 | Trek Fuel Ex 9.9 XX1 AXS
10:36 - Number 3 | Giant Reign Advanced Pro 0
11:53 - Number 2 | Scott Spark RC SL TR
14:57 - Number 1 | House Of Gold Extreme MTB
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Have you ever seen any more expensive bikes in existence? Which one on this list do you want?
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A gold bike, really? Surprised a Merida wasn't on the list. My 4K bike has many of the same components and a full carbon frame and 4K was still a lot to me. Why would anyone pay that much with way cheaper equivalents available?
If you go full throttle with the Last Tarvo you will land at 14350€...
Crestline and Deviate they are crazy priced
We all put in a quid, 1 million of us that is. We buy the gold shopper. Take it round Sam Pilgrims and see how long it takes him to break it in a car park. Its worth a million of anyone's money.
Almost spat out my water when Rich turned to Martyn when he said "You have to use your legs I'm afraid on this one" at 10:30
That went right over my head the first time but damn rich a savage
Slightly egregious, but Martyn just glossed over it. 😄
Don't think he was referring to Martyn specifically. Think he meant 'you' as in people in general.
Definitely a pre discussed joke. As a mtba rider it was well added to the line up.
If money is no barrier to owning your dream bike, I'm with Martyn, the Scott would be in my garage.
Alternative title: 10 mountain bikes I will never own😭
me to
Second alternative title: 10 mountain bikes that shouldn't exist.
:) true
‘New’, give it three years and they’ll be affordable.
I prefer: top 10 dentist MTBs
That Actofive is sooo beautiful!
And I didn’t anticipate that Giant and Trek would make Yeti & Santa Cruz look like bargain propositions!😂
I just bought brand new Orbea Oiz M-pro that costs €7k on the Web, for €4200 on sale discount, that just tells you how much margin there is on those bikes 🙈
Rich and Martyn, glad you did this video. You have highlighted one of many, many problems with the bike industry. There is NO WAY the price of these bikes is anywhere closely related to the cost of production. This is price gouging at its worst. You would think these prices would create a great opportunity for used bike sellers like The Pros Closet. But, have you ever tried selling your bike to TPC? They make ridiculously low ball offers which border on bad faith. They then jack the sale price when they post it on the web site for sale. I understand the need to make a profit, but come on! Would love to see a video of a bike company rerpresentative talking about what it costs to make these bikes. They will NEVER do it. It is not a problem unique to the bike industry.
As much as I find this list meaningful to ponder, I would rather want to see the top 10 most expensive MTB FRAMES. The stock specs are interchangeable across the brands (although perhaps it is interesting to see the value of the overall build in comparison to how much discount each brand gets from its specs suppliers) so if we assume each brand gets similar specs at same discounted prices from its suppliers, then the real value of each brand lies in its frame, and to judge whether the quality and geometry of the frame justify such a high price.
The only thing faster than these bikes downhill are their depreciation ... 🤑
The great thing about cycling is bikes that are a 1/5 of the price are still amazing and offer outstanding performance.
This just proves that bike prices are stupidly high, unjustifiably high, and yet how crazy people are to pay these prices.
People that aren't even in shape need a $10k bike to ride 4 times a month, IF the weather is perfect lol
Not like we have an option. The riding experience on these bikes is amazing. Sure there’s ways to save money but it’s a huge pain and you need to be extremely patient. So if you got the money you’ll just pay the price.
@@B-gh7md We have options lol what are you smoking? Plenty of quality bikes under $2,000.
@@dystopiaisutopia What are you smoking? LoL. What brand new bike under 2K compares to an s-works epic.
@@B-gh7md Bike prices are coming down 😮
👍love hardtails but love the fact that a guy with Neil's skill and enthusiasm knows when to "call it" . A great lesson to the lesser skilled but just as enthusiastic riders like myself to learn from!
It is quite appropriate that the presenter who shopped for all of these expensive bikes is...Rich!
Oh boy, Martyn was such a good sport at the 10:30 mark of this video.
Love ya’ Martyn!!
Funny that I just watched their other video about the bike manufacturers having trouble selling their products.
That gold bike makes the scott look like a great deal tbf
That RC Scott. Oh my if I won the lottery 🎉
Not the most expensive, but I really like the look of the rear suspension setup on the Trek Supercaliber. So, in this game of I Won The Lottery, I'd buy one of those.
so would i tbf
Yeah, I would buy that and upgrade the heck out of the parts
Yeah, I would buy that and upgrade the heck out of the parts
When the top of line Yeti is the "budget option" and 11k XC bike seems good value.
Those are some insane prices.
Watching this, I'm more and more glad I managed to build my own Mega for 3.5k last year. Wouldn't go and buy 5k+ stock bike what so ever. My family would sew me :)
The motorcycle industry are like "wait, what?!"
Different sports kid
Always wished to have specialized epic. Except the only things epic about it is the colours and the price.
I’m happy with my pro caliber, thanks bro
You should do a video seeing how cheaply you can find super expensive bikes used or new, for example I've just bought the haibike nduro 8 freeride for 3800
Imagine the party they have when they actually sell one.
Most people I know who own these kind of bikes, don’t even use them a lot. They just have a different relationship to money and don’t even look at anything below 10k. “Uff yeah spring last year I wanted to do a bit of biking” - don’t be sad that you can’t afford these bikes. They are made for a specific clientele.
What about the BMC Fourstroke 01 LTD? That thing is like $15k USD
How did Atherton not make this list?! They are shockingly $$$$
I miss the Cannonade Scalpel Ultimate/Lab71. Phenomenal bike!
Love a Yeti! 💙
Didn't know the Scott Spark went THAT high 😄
My 970 with that frame design was just over 1/10 the price on discount, haha
Here in southern California, I see people ride these expensive bikes on nothing but tame fire roads they never use the full potential until they become second hand.
Similar in Australia.
160-170mm enduro rigs sitting in the garage, riding once a month at most on blue and green trails.
I live in SoCal as well. That’s why I bought a spur a few years ago with some upgrades over those years including carbon wheels.
I just ride closer to cross country now and feel even if I take a few months off and get back to riding, my money was well spent. I probably have 7-8K into the bike right now.
Well, thanks to those people, somebody could buy expensive bike for less
I love those people I buy their used parts on pinkbike when they upgrade
A Triumph Street Triple 765RS is £11,500 - all the performance road motor bike you need. Makes you think!! Must be 10x more parts on the m'bike
Or any 250 cc dirt bike that cost less but more fun than any mtbs
Going forward, one of the next problems with the bike industry is that most people won't pay the price for a new bike right now, not just the most expensive, but more or less across all bikes.
Hopefully, the people setting these prices will realise that you can't cover losses simply by increasing cost, as you'll have no sales.
Building a giant reign advanced pro frame currently. Itll be a beauty when done lol. Cutting costs by not putting in wireless anything. 😂
Those Scott wheels are WAY more than my full sus 😂 it would be the Antidote for me, never heard of them before!
Super excited to buy one of these bikes ten years from now for $2,000.
Hey guys, I went for a new 2023 Cube 160 action team Ebike , just got it last week but the only way I went for it wast because I came into some inheritance and thought I was getting back on a bike now definitely! Even with 2k off in January sales it was still £4500 my Giant ATX 1 never even cost that back in the day and that was one the most expensive for me! Bit I've not ridden since 2004 it's just woth watching the channels over winter I was like "I miss this sooo much"! I did look around but man this Cube is so well spec'd for the Price it was hard not to go for it! The blue with the orange was abit yuk at the time but it started to grow on me more and more and when it arrived it was just incredible feeling to have one these ebikes I thought I'd never be able to afford!
S-Works Epic Evo in Sand/Red gold in the Specialized Concept Store is retailing at £12.5k. Also, I don’t reckon it would be that hard to get an Atherton bike to that sort of money either.
I have one of these bikes I can't believe I spent that kind of money but at the end of the day I love it.... though since the mountain biking industry is crashing around itself you'll be able to get these bikes for a fraction of what they're asking now
It's a good job I've got cheap taste in bikes I'd love the Yeti.
I'd take some of the others if I was forced to do so 😂😂😂
Specialized kenelevo is very expensive too (the video is good👍)
Ebike...
I'd rather take 10 to 15 grand and put it in gold or silver... Go buy my $2000 bike and enjoy my life....lol
Those Scott wheels cost more than I bought my used sports car, truck, and motorcycle for wow.
Have you ever looked into that wheelset? It's a technological marvel to be honest. Single piece carbon wheelset... the rims, spokes, and hub flanges are all a single piece carbon layup. They then insert the center section of the hub into the carbon flanges and that tensions the wheel properly. I wouldn't own a set for a variety of reasons, but as far as tech goes, they're really damn neat.
My 15k on a lockdown build yeti sb115 was well worth it lol .. not like I still ride my orange stage evo most of the time.. lol as the yeti really doesn’t like UK mud
Lots of nice bikes there, i bought the E160 T4 build and the prices are absolutely eyewatering. I predict a hefty pricedrop in the future and would not buy anything from this list the next 6-8 months
Stuff we'll never own! This coming from someone who took 4 months to buy a Santa Cruz superlight back in 2001.
Would you be able to do the most expensive dirt jumper ? Not many videos on them bad boys
Like always, the super-expensive bikes drive the technology that eventually trickles down to more affordable prices. I don't think we'll ever see those Silverton wheels being ridden by the average rider though. There's no easy way to mass manufacture those.
By the time discs, chain ring, chain. rear mech, did it have a dropper you would looking at €9000.00 I reckon 😅
Happy with my Hardtail from Rose . 1800€ and all i need
I tested the Scott Spark in 2022 and it is optional to get with Fight Attandent and completely Rockshox fork and shock. I am not sure but the price was about €15500
The Spark is not available with the electronic Flight Attendant yet. Only Nino is riding it as a prototype. I would guess 2025 model year maybe.
All Sparks come with the mechanical twin-loc system (designed by Scott) regardless of if you get RockShox or Fox suspension bundles.
@@WRBWRXWGN I'm riding a scott for a few year's an I know the suspension system very well.
It's possible that I was wrong about the model could have been an Genius but it was definitely a Tuned model with electrical suspension front and rear. Maybe a early version of the Flight Attedent or something else definitely sensor controled. In the Scott store the told me it is the flagship model at the moment in price and furnishing.
@@stefan.h.6888 Possibly the Genius you saw, I suppose. I only know the Spark lineup REALLY well because I spent all of 2022 searching the entire US for an RC to buy. I had to consider many spec levels. I finally found an Team Black in early 2023. I 'settled' for the Fox suspension over the RockShox, but it performs very well and I am pleased with the bike. All in with AXS, carbon wheelset, power meter, and a host of other upgrades, I'm in to it maybe $8500. More than I ever thought I would spend on a bike. That said, it's a ripper and I have 2000 trouble free miles on it. Value is subjective.
Didnt add the sworks epic speed of light collection or the turbo levo sl founders edition
Keen to get me a Orange Phase AD3..... if they ever build any more
Wow I’m just getting into mtb and didn’t realise they went that high in price lol I paid £285 on my carrera code disk and I thought that was a lot of money lol
The prices Can be astronomical!
I rode crappy bikes forever. Finally put down for a $850 NORCO FLUID HT2 and my first ride in it I thought it was like a spaceship
An absolute waste of money. Unless you’re a world class Sponsored professional rider. Most of us can’t afford this sort of OTT bikes just for riding out with our mates they are only worth what people are willing to pay for them
BMC four stroke 01 ltd is $14,300 usd missing from this list
note for editor: seems the music volume has been increased in the clips, previously it was about the same as the talk audio, now it is noticeably louder. I liked the old way much more.
Maybe you forgot the Pivot Firbird. The Firebird is also expensiv.
You forgot Pivot Cycles,my favorite btw
I happen to own the 2nd most expensive bike on the list 🫣. Although I must admit, I didnt buy it in a bike shop. Bought it used in perfect condition and without those crazy wheels and drivechain, which on 2022 model was old AXS. I have also bought new t-type xx sl for Eur 2000 and some sub 1kg wheels custom built from local company. To sum up if you are insanely rich you can go and order one from store, if not you have to do the hard job of looking out for bargains online and build it yourself. In this case 9k euros instead 15k. Good to learn the price of the new tr version, not worth increase, I mean the increase in the price as you can get the drivechain cheaper. Btw before anybody replies anything about warranty - I know by own experience it is quasi non-existent for Scott bikes so worth nothing if you are going to pay for it extra 😉.
Spend almost 6k building my Intense M1 in 2002 and it still looks and does the business, how many of these carbon bike will still be around after 20 years of hard use
More than you’d expect. Carbon is not as fragile as many people think.
Absolutely! I’ll be rebuilding my Santa Cruze made in the USA Blur or my BLT2 with ALIEXPRESS way before dropping that money. Love me some TRACE VELO!
You just wanted to shout about how much you spent. Nobody cares.
@@MrMartinHattinghdude bought his bike 2001 and everything stopped there for him, knowledge and thoughts included.
@@Bianchiboy
you seem to care as you responded twice, and my point was these overpriced carbon frames are not worth the money and wont last like aluminium bikes did
Just plain nuts.
In only a few years people will shake their heads in disbelief how much coin some people paid for a bicycle in the early 20‘s of this century! Just RIDICULOUS ‼️
Martyn - try to build a top end adaptive bike - that is expensive😮
My 5yr old Santa Cruz has never looked so cheap
A million pounds and mechanical brakes. That’s all you need to see to realize that last one is just a cynical way to separate wealthy fools from their money
And still, my mom thought my Cannondale trail 8 29" 2021(499€) was - and I quote her - "ridiculously overpriced"😅😅
No1 reminds me of my old super burner tbh
You missed the Mondrakers 🙂
O .. wow ..
That's all there , nearly every brand has a $20,000 CAD bike now . Or at least for now , .. Uci says they have to available to the public if you want to race one , but it doesn't say anybody has to buy it .. and it's a year where in reality , I bought a budget Spark 940 , plain jane flat black , for $1000 Cad off at $4400, a set of bontrager kovee rsl wheels half price for $2000 and an XT mechanical drivetrain with a GX cassette because it was cheaper than changing the driver , and I had traded in a bike with a SID Ultimate and Traded the Pike off the brand new bike to get the SID back because it's lighter and less travel . So for $8 gran , I got the budget model because that Spark SL top of the line thing is $20 gran CAD . And i couldn't have built one that cheap any other time , but the same time that $20 gran bike is in stock at some dealers or available from the manufacturer , There were bikes and parts (or still are ) that didn't sell , and there was end of summer sales , black Friday was all month long , then cyber monday went into Christmas , then end of year sales , .. and on and on , and the base model epic evo dropped from $5000 to $4299 regular price . So back down here on Earth , They are getting a grip on reality . I also bought a Scale RC team bike with everything XT for $4450 tax included .. Actually traded alloy bikes in and lost money on paper but because of the savings on the new bikes , I broke even . I'm a shimano fan , so I don't excited about electronic latest greatest things . Because of the latest greatest new things , Shimano XT stuff and Sram GX 10-50 can be found 1/2 price this year .. That's what I'm all fired up about ...
I was expecting a we are one arrival to be on the list
showed the Actofive P-Train in the first photo, then all the others photos are from I-Train
Wonder what a full xx1 fox factory atherton would cost
My bike has Transmission, wireless seatpost, all Öhlins, carbon wheels and frame ... and was less than $4000! Some bikes on this list are way overpriced! Still pushing those inflated pandemic prices I would say.
I think they are list prices, which dealers never sell them for.
Had to giggle when Martyn guessed the Spesh was 12kg as that is how much I’ve got my Humble Whyte T-130c Mullet build down to.
Impressive! ⚖️
@@gmbn Thank you. Total cost around £3k.
Martyn!!! Cannondale Scalpel SE Lab71 just a bit more expensive than the S Works - C'mon now....Cannondale!!!
How about the American Beryllium? $30k in the mid 90's. Only two were made.
Pricing is messed up in Europe, that trance x with the same spec but with flight attendant rockshox instead of fox is 7k usd (5500 GBP) less than a half of the number you guys stated
Any chance of a proper list , hope ibis dogma , please 👍 Andy.
Has anyone done research to find out what is the median price of bike Trial, enduro etc? What the average buyer is willing to pay.
DIGIT DATUM $11,499
btw I’d LOVE to see a feature on this bike!
what the scott spark rc sl tr weight?
About 22.9 lbs last I checked. Which is impressive for the new generation Sparks. Mine is pretty dialed and is still in the 24lb range.
Si t es un émir du Qatar,t en prends 10 de chaque,et tu les mets au fond du garage😎,tout beaux,tout propres😊
After wathichg this video I imagined Steve Jones in wellies on that golden bike going straight into the bog. 😁
Haven't you heard? Steve has throw out his riding wellies for some proper riding shoes!
@@gmbn I haven't. Sad news.
so basically the scott spark is the number 1 on the list.
Specialized is falling over itself trying to sell me 2023 S works epic. MSRP is 13,000. They offered it to me for 7 1/2, one year maintenance free, frame protector, and tubeless set up. If you want one of these ultra bikes now is the time to do it.
Correct. I'm seeing some killer deals for top spec bikes, 2023 models that are sitting on shop floors.
I know 2 More bikes. The e-bike from Porsche and the Rotwild R.X735
The Giant Reign and The Orbea are so much cheaper in Australia. 15,000 AUD here for the Reign whereas 12499 quid is $24000AUD. WTF
Rocky Mountain Instinct Carbon 90?
I just refurbished my 1992 Cannondale M800 non suspension and now it is a Generation X gravel bike😂😂😂
you forgot the digit datum for the same price of the yeti
yeah but I just built a bike about 2mins ago, and I have decided it has a price tag of 10 quadrillion uk sterling.
beat that.
I think half decent mtb's are becoming too expensive for the average joe which is a massive shame, before i moved over to emtb's, my last mtb was a Cannondale Trigger 1 2016 which is carbon frame, carbon wheels, carbon lefty fork, carbon handlebars, carbon brake levers, cost me £6000, which I will never ride again since owning ebikes. It will remain a classic mtb in mint condition. I think the mark up on these bikes is crazy, my current Specialized Levo cost me £5250 Dec 21, my local Specialized dealer have now reduced the over stock of my current bike to £3450 last time i checked. Clearly these manufacturers can sell these bikes alot cheaper but choose not too.
$9,000 for a carbon bike come on people that’s ridiculous.
Every single one of these bikes will be obsolete within 3 years from their manufacturing date.
Missed the American Beryllium, $30k in the early nineties. You did say ever made…
Kenevo sl 9.5k now they on sale for around 5k still alot of dough