The best possible bike buying advice you can take to heart is to set a budget for yourself, stick to it, and don’t go hopelessly into debt when it’s time to upgrade your mountain bike. Here on Singletracks we’re big fans of running what ya brung and focusing on the most important part of mountain biking: enjoying the ride!
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However, I can’t help thinking: “what if I won the lottery? What is the most expensive mountain bike that money could buy?” While I may need to start playing if I want to win, I realized that there wasn’t an exhaustive, accurate list of the most expensive mountain bikes in the world. So I decided to create one.
While of course you can break the bank by going fully-custom everything and adding over-the-top bling to your rig, to level the playing field I focused solely on non-custom, production mountain bikes with stock build kits. If you’re ordering off the shelf, here are the 9 most expensive mountain bikes to buy with your lottery winnings.
9. $10,600: Yeti SB6 XX1 Eagle Turq
As best I can tell, there’s a three-way tie for the 7th, 8th, and 9th most expensive mountain bikes in the world, with all three of these models ringing in at $10,600. We decided to cut this list off at 9 models because it turns out there is a large number of mountain bikes clustering around the $10,500 mark. So, we present to you the top 9.
One of the models at the $10,600 price point is the renowned Yeti SB6 enduro rig with the top-end Turq carbon, kitted out with an XX1 1×12 Eagle drivetrain.
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The SB6 rocks 6″ of suspension travel, provided by a top-of-the-line Fox 36 fork and a Fox Float X Evo rear shock. In addition to the blinged-out drivetrain, this model of the SB6 comes stock with 27.5″ ENVE M70 carbon Boost wheels.
Total bike weight: 28.8lbs
9. $10,600: Yeti SB5.5 XX1 Eagle Turq
The SB5.5 is quite similar to the SB6 and is priced identically. The main difference? The 5.5 has 5.5″ of travel (shocker) and 29″ wheels, vs 27.5″ on the SB6.
The 5.5 features the same XX1 1×12 Eagle drivetrain, Turq carbon frame, and Fox suspension as the SB6, as well as SRAM Guide RSC brakes. The 5.5 also sports carbon ENVE M70 wheels.
Total Bike Weight: 27.9lbs
9. $10,600: BMC teamelite 01 XTR Di2
Wait, a hardtail mountain bike for over $10,000?! Yes, and this isn’t even the most expensive hardtail on this list… keep reading!
The full-carbon teamelite 01 racing hardtail is spec’ed with a Shimano XTR Di2 drivetrain, Shimano XTR brakes, 100mm Fox Float 32 Factory fork, and carbon DT Swiss XRC 1200 wheels. While this is technically a hardtail, BMC’s unique frame offers some forgiveness thanks to a high tech elastomer softtail design. In his article from Interbike, Aaron explains it this way:
It uses what BMC calls MTT, or micro travel technology. Basically, there is an elastomer where the seat stays meet the seat tube that allows for a very small amount of rear wheel travel – up to 17mm. BMC includes three different durometers of the elastomer so riders can customize the feel to their liking. Swapping out the elastomer is done easily by removing two bolts.
Total Bike Weight: 20.25lbs (with pedals)
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24 Comments
Sep 1, 2017
Jan 12, 2017
https://www.ktmbikeindustries.com/bikes/mountain-bikes/full-suspension/scarp-29-sonic-12-g.html
Jan 12, 2017
Jan 9, 2017
1. Speaclized Epic 10,500 USD
(https://www.specialized.com/us/en/men/bikes/mountain/cross-country/sworks-epic-fsr-di2/115286)
2. Intense carbine 29 c 10,943 USD
http://www.intensecycles.com/bikes/carbine-29c
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Jun 15, 2018
-- It's a hardtail --
Jan 9, 2017
Jan 9, 2017
https://www.specialized.com/us/en/bikes/mountain/cross-country/epic/sworks-epic-29/106406
Jan 9, 2017
Thanks for the comment! However, I did find both those bikes. We decided to cut the list off at $10,600 because not only is the S-Works Epic FSR priced at $10,500, but so are a lot of other bikes.
Also, I looked into pricing for the Intense Carbine (and M16c) and checked with my marketing contact at Intense. According to Intense, the most expensive Carbine (Factory model) is currently $9,499 USD, which doesn't quite crack the $10,600 bottom price on this list either.
But again, thanks for the links and doing some research man!!
Jun 15, 2018
Jan 9, 2017
People I know that buy small manufacture's $3k carbon frames, ENVE Wheels, SRAM Eagle, XTR, etc... make that decision long before they walk into a bike shop or sometimes even test ride. They have the money and just want the best it can buy and $200 or $500 isn't going to influence the decision much.
Jan 9, 2017
I think there are 2 possibilities with the Intense price in the Red Bull article:
1) Intense has dropped their prices in the past year, similar to Spec. and Trek. I found another price for the Intense M16c on a different website that was over $11,000 but when I double checked with Intense, again, the current price is below $10k.
2) Since this article was posted on the UK version of the Red Bull website and the price is listed in pounds, that is the price that it costs to get the Intense Carbine Factory in the UK. But since Intense is based in California, price for the US market is much more reasonable.
Jan 9, 2017
Jan 9, 2017
and they listed the Intense as much higher. But if you actually asked somebody from Intense, then your price is definitely the correct one. A wonder where Redbull came up with their price?
Jan 21, 2017
These prices are ridiculous in my opinion.
Interestingly for all the front mech haters and 1x11 lovers four of the bikes came with two chainrings... Then again, I guess for around a $1000 for the drive system it needs to include something extra...!
Regards.
Jan 9, 2017
I agree with you Jeff about the Cannondale colors. It was the very first thing I noticed on both and was immediately turned off. You gonna build a bike with THOSE price tags you better splash some paint on it somewhere. Cause I want that thing to POP as I'm shredding downhill and if I don't look good at least IT will look good!
Jan 9, 2017
Also, I'll point out that if scenario 1 exists (they can't get components fast enough to fulfill shipments) then that means that scenario 2 must exist: Somebody is buying these bikes! And if these are the only two possible scenarios, then that means that Scenario 2 must exist: "Somebody is buying these bikes!"
There's a third, but less likely (IMO) scenario: they aren't actually producing any of these bikes until somebody presses the order button on the website. So in a sense, the complete build isn't put together and shipped until the bike is ordered.
The fourth scenario: they've produced enough of these models for the limited demand by dealers, but don't currently have any in stock at BMC HQ.
Jan 9, 2017
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Jan 9, 2017
You do know that people in the $10k bike market to budget a few thousand more or so for custom stickers, shock tuning, matching kits, a trail day with your suspension tech, winter trip to Tucson to dial it in with your mechanic... no wait, that's the industry race teams. Well maybe the custom stickers, if I have ENVE wheels I'd want to let everyone know.
As far as worth it, I've never see anyone buy really nice stuff and say, "Man, I wish I'd bought something else"
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