On a side note, how much would it cost to develop and build a bike like this Mike?
On Shanaze's bike it's only the saddle and forks that seem to be non-standard items and everything else could probably be bought off the shelf.
It could cost anything from a couple of grand to hundreds of grand to design everything from the gound up depending how much a company wants to overegg it and how much money they want (rather than need) to spend.
It's ironic that the rider who needs it least has the most hyped bike and it'll be interesting to see if any of the male riders have any special equipment at the Games (e.g. will Mike Day ride the much hyped carbon GT Ultrabox 2 or will he ride the "lesser model" Ultrabox 1?).
