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The Most Expensive Bike In The World There are lots of very expensive bikes made nowadays as cyclists demand the lightest materials, the most complex technologies along with the fastest operation. But none of the bikes cost just as much as the trek Butterfly Madone.

If you're looking for a bike that flaunts some fancy touches - and then some, you might want to have a look at the Trek Butterfly Madone. Designer Damien Hirst used actual butterflies to adorn this high end functionality mountain bike as a tribute to Lance Armstrong's return to the cycling circuit after surviving cancer.

Even with the butterflies, this mountain bike was made for racing and may perform nicely, like some other bikes Armstrong rode in his career.

Not surprisingly animal rights groups are not thrilled in the vehicle's pick of adornment. Several hundred butterfly wings were used in the making of the bike.

The Butterfly Trek Madone now holds the title of the most high-priced bike sold in

the world. The second most expensive bike was also a Trek - The Yoshitomo Nara Speed Concept which was sold for $200,000.

Since the Butterfly Trek Madone used the beauty of natural butterfly wings PETA and other animal rights groups were outraged calling Hirst's bike "barbaric."

Before it was sold to raise money for cancer research, the original release of the bike was in July 2009. The original theory of this bike was dreamt up in honor of Lance Armstrong's return to cycling.

On September 7, 2013, the was got by rich Texas socialite Christopher Bush first 2014 model to be seen in the greater Houston, Texas area. The bike currently resides in Katy, Texas, and is available for screenings by appointment only. .