[sammyg2]

Back in the late 60's (might have been later, best recollection), my father showed me pictures of a carbon-fiber racing bicycle that was designed and built at the plant where he worked.
He told me that he wasn't on the project as it was in a different department, but they built it to develop the technology of working with carbon fiber and that the bike cost several thousand dollars to make.

I said how much? No one in his right mind would ever pay that much for a bike!