Twinges- freda cycling inferiority

[Kano]

Yeah, there I was, 220 pounds, buying the carbon bike with Ultegra components. This was my step up from the comfort beast. Seemed like way too much bike for me, where I was that day, when I was at the LBS to buy an entry level road bike.

My Roubaix Elite was on clearance -- she only cost a few dollars more than if I'd bought the brand new model Allez sitting next to her.

Who am I to pass up a bargain like that, even if she was too fancy for beginner-me?


Karen in Boise

[lph]

I admit to sometimes feeling a little superior to my snobbish bike buddy, when I smoke him on the uphills on my used bike that costs 1/6 of his italian dream machine. But I lucked out on a good deal and had a good buying experience, so in a way my bike is MY own dream machine. I'm already looking at replacing components after having had it less than a year, but it doesn't bother me because the bike didn't cost me much in the first place.

I probably would never drop a lot of money on a bike. But I do think it's better to use a lot of money on a really nice bike than on, say jewelry, or a designer sofa. Not that's it any of my business how people use their money anyway (and you could always argue that one should give it to charity instead) but still it makes more sense to me to buy something really really functional AND beautiful, that helps you get fitter and enjoy your sport all the more, than to buy something that's just decorative.

[crazycanuck]

Nice bike bike yip yip!!! Jewelry..nyah..