Just when you thought cycling news stories couldn't get any dumber...

[PamNY]

Of course, it's my own fault for reading the New York Post that I even saw this story about expensive bikes being the new solution to a mid-life crisis.

[Crankin]

Well, it's better than finding a 20 year old girlfriend or boyfriend.
Seriously, although it's written kind of stupidly, I don't see anything wrong with this trend. Most of them started to ride to get fit, lose weight, etc. If someone wants to spend a lot of money on their bike, who cares? What's important is that they are riding. A lot of us have lots of bikes in our stables, which to most "regular" people seems ridiculous.

[jobob]

Mea culpa. This was from a blog post I wrote back in March of last year:

My midlife crisis has arrived!

You hear about people entering their (ahem) middle years and doing crazy things like having liposuction, taking up parachuting, tooling around in fancy sports cars, getting a girlfriend or a boyfriend half their age, that sort of thing.

Well, to commemorate my midlife crisis, I bought a bike.

Not just any bike mind you, a titanium-framed beauty, custom built for meeee by Lynskey Performance Designs in Tennessee.

http://callmepokey.blogspot.com/2009...s-arrived.html

[jelee1311]

Stupid story but it is true. My husband did the same thing at 35 . At least it is only one $8,000 bike my husband does stage races and ccx its a lot more than that somewhere close to ten now. Its still better than strip clubs,bars,and gambling

[lauraelmore1033]

Mea culpa.

http://callmepokey.blogspot.com/2009...s-arrived.html

Yeah, but you're not calling yourself a bike "Stud" or some such nonsense. Just doesn't come across the same...

[jobob]

There is that.

[Biciclista]

i found the article amusing. it said he had buff arms. his arms looked like mine.
SKINNY.

lol

and I agree, better an 8K bike than a 25K motorcycle !!