Best Bike Buying Advice, EVER!

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I guess I'm smack in the middle between the right age to buy a "hot, sexy bike" and the right age to afford one , but hey - I really can't see any need to get offended. How important can a bike be to your self-image anyway? Sure, he was "offensive" to 50 yr olds, but he was trying to cheer up a young woman, a friend, by being funny and encouraging, he wasn't sending a well-thought-out public message to all women cyclists out there. And it was "the best advice - ever" to smurf then and there, because it's what she needed to hear. I'm much stingier, so I don't agree with the "buy the best bike you can afford"-idea at all, but I can still appreciate the spirit behind the idea.

eta: I felt much the same way when I was browsing for a road bike, and a guy in his 50s, very overweight, came into the store, glanced around and casually walked out ten minutes later with the beeyoootifulll shiny sexy sleek red road bike I'd been lusting for but couldn't afford. Sure, I should have been thinking "woohoo, good for him, getting out there and getting into shape!" But I just kept thinking "waaahhh - that bike would've looked so much better going home with me!"