Huge race bike auction means you could own a Tour de France stage winning machine

There is a fun school of thought that says that a bike ridden by a fast rider somehow passes on a little bit of that speed once it is inherited by a new owner.

Yes, it’s wacky, and the chances that there’s any truth in it are very small. However, if you’re at all tempted to test the theory, you now have the opportunity to inherit some serious speed. Tour de France contender speed, in fact.