Herbie53

If you have your aero road bike set up like this, you did not need an aero road bike.

WhyFi

That's wondrous.

Dean V

Why not?
They will still get some aero gains.
Also, even with that huge stack you could still get quite low on the drops and elbows at 90 degrees.

Marcus_Ti

Needs a basket and streamers.

Campag4life

Most aero cruiser out there. Aunt Maybel would approve.

Elvo

alcjphil

Even better

kbarch

So, can we imagine a story behind this?

This is pretty amusing, but I only clicked on this thread because I'm thinking of getting some clip-on bars for the Propel, so I can give time trials a shot.... Any recommendations?

Zaskar

Yeah, kinda funny - spending $10,000 to get aero... when leaning over a bit would've been more effective.

I get that we fight wind/air more than gravity - and that it's exponentially more important as speed increases. But, I've got to assume 90% of the drag is caused by the rider... not the bike.

69chevy

Cycling, like golf and photography is as much a gear addiction to many as is the purpose behind the gear.

HOWSER

Maybe they have T-Rex arms...

mpath

Whoever said it's about "need"? IIRC the age of a typical Bugatti owner is 59, with a car collection of 80+ cars. IOW, certainly not at their peak of physical or mental abilities to handle such a car, but that was never the point.

Slick Madone

This......and of course opinions on how others decide to spend their money.

Maybe the rider of the grey venge in the op's pic is recovering from a back injury? Who cares what someone else decides to do to their ride?

topslop1

The cool kids are always watching you so you can't disappoint them. You know, the $30,000 millionaires?