Road bikes – The less you get the more you pay.
I know a person (closely relatd to a regular contributor here) who has a £8K 14lb road bike.
You pay the premium for bespoke parts. Of course the law of deminishing returns gets more and more relevant when you get to high end MTBs.
Lets face it around £750 (hardtail) or +£1000 (FS) buys you a fantastic MTB bike these days.
I payed £1100 in 1990 for my Orange Aluminium. Thumbies, rigid and you had to regrease the BB/hubs every couple of weeks. Thats a £300 (or less) bike now.