>>1952175we're talking about what you can buy it for not whatever fake sale they put on
lets look, for example, at trek
their similarly spec'd bikes are also identically priced (with their never ending sales always being higher for the mountainbikes despite bringing them to the same price - many such cases, makes you think)
the truth is road bikes are way, way more expensive for what you actually get, because road cycling has more wealthy consumers on average
i ride road and mountain and your average mountainbiker on the trails is young and care free and your average road cyclist in the group ride is 45 with a family and a career, it makes sense that they endup with less bang for their buck
