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IF it can be associated with R&D costs then its another ball game altogether. R&D budgets are huge, especially with mammoth companies like Cannondale and Specialized etc.

Any one off custom projects for pro riders will come out of sponsorship/PR budgets, which are a drop in the ocean in comparison.

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Howard in reply to @deleted

IF it can be associated with R&D costs then its another ball game altogether

In the case of the Synapse above, they have to do it this way because it was a new frame design, and the only way to get them in the peloton is via pre-production prototypes. IIRC that's the UCI rules.

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Acliff in reply to @Howard

I think it might have been the same deal with the Roubaix and the Domane as well.

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