Originally Posted by
Walter
Dude #1 pays umpteen thousand dollars for a racer with an unobtainium frame and is thrilled.
Dude #2 pays umpteen thousand dollars for (subjectvely) heavy Rivendell and is thrilled.
Question #1: Why do we care so much about Dude #2 and his "cultish" bike?
Question #2: Why does Grant Peterson care so much about Dude #1 and his "ill-fitting overgeared" bike?
Question #3: Are we all that different from Peterson and vice-versa?
Answer 1: Dude #2 will make a strange statement asserting that Dude #1 is somehow foolish for purchasing such an expensive bike when he's not even a professional racer. This will naturally put people on the defensive.
Answer 2: Grant Peterson is not a bike designer, he's a marketer. He sees someone who's willing to spend umpteen thousand dollars on a bike and wants in on that guy's budget. Let's be honest, while GP may be a very nice guy, he probably doesn't personally give a dead rat's carcass about Dude #1, but is highly interested in where Dude #1 invests his cycling-allocated money.
Answer 3: Unless you've had a cycling religion formed around you, you are very different from Grant Peterson.