I went way overboard...

[TBird]

That bike is a beauty! I love Babette, my Giant Cypher, and I am sure I get out on the trails more because of her.
It's funny--I'm in the market for my first road bike, and I'm having the same misgivings about getting "too nice" of a bike. As if we somehow need to justify how we spend our own money! Somehow those old men driving Porsches don't seem to have the same issue...

[pardes]

I'm sooooo happy about your bike and NO ONE HERE WILL EVER THINK WE CAN OVERBOARD ON A BIKE.

Heck, I just ordered $200 worth of more CuddlDuds long johns and undershirts for winter riding. That's not overboard, that's a necessity!!!!

[Aggie_Ama]

As if we somehow need to justify how we spend our own money!

This made me laugh. We have a "friend" who is constantly ribbing me about how many cars I have had. When we met I had a new Beetle I was leasing through the back part of college and beyond, kept it 4 years when the lease was up and bought a Saturn Vue. The Vue was a POS. I traded it in after 21 months and 11 shop visits and bought my current car I love very much and have had 2.5 years. My most expensive car? The current which is a $18k Dodge Caliber.

So in this time she had a Mazda she drove for 6-8 years her parents bought her out of high school, bought a Tahoe Denali and then decided that thing had too many problems and bought a brand new loaded SUV a year later. Her last two cars cost more combined than my three. Yet I am wasteful and get so many cars. Next time I think I will have to tell her where to go.

Enjoy your nice bikes, earn them by loving them. When I replace my Craigslist Hardtail it will probably be more bike than I need but I deserve it because I say so.

[stephanie1129]

Isn't it amazing how wonderful a great bike can make you feel? It just goes to show that sometimes money really can buy you happiness