$45,000 Will Land You The realm’s Lightest Bike [Cycling]

A new road bike will probably cost you around a couple grand. It’ll also probably weight almost 30 pounds. But this featherweight specimen, made entirely out of carbon fiber, skimps on nothing-and weighs only six. Worth $45,000?

The thing-crafted by Tuscon’s Fairwheel Bikes -really is a stunning piece of engineering: titanium spokes, ten-speed rear gear, and a difficult, gorgeous carbon frame that you would be able to haul around with one hand. You could scoff at the spritely bike-shouldn’t racing equipment be tough?-but Fairwheel Bikes has already glided across 20,000 miles of pavement with the prototype, ensuring its durability. [ Inhabitat via DVICE ]

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