I give them a price range from few hundred dollars to the top of the line race bike price. Reference top end bike would be Colnago equipped with Campy record. Today it would be few hundred dollars to about $8,000.

And if they are rude enough to ask how much for mine, I would tell them that they are being rude. People who are this nosey tend to get upset. But really, they are the ones who are being rude.

If on the other hand if they inquire more about why such a big difference in the price, I will stop, talk, and explain.

I do like the comparison to those awful big screen TV's costing $3-5,000.

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