rekmeyata

Thank God my God isn't like that!!

But if there was some sort of law saying we couldn't spend more then $1,000 on a bike new (thus there would be no $5,000 bikes for $1,000 used) and was limited to just one bike I would still buy a bike and probably ride Felt Z95, or the Cannondale CAAD8 7, or the Diamond Back Podium 1 if I wanted a road race type of bike; but probably since I like a bike to look nice and to do some light touring, some light off road riding, and be limited to just one bike I would want a more capable and sturdier bike so I would probably at the Masi CX.

c0de

when bought my ~$800 mprp scattante road bike and insisted that they charge $3000 because it would make me faster..
/troll

Rollinrock

Well I ride a Specialized Secteur Sport that I paid $900 for and yes I could ride this bike forever with no regrets. I think the person makes the bike, the bike doesn't make the person. What good is a $5000 bike if you don't have enough stamina to go over 15 mph. IMHO

rekmeyata

Why do blue hairs drive Corvettes and Ferrari's etc and never go over the legal speed limit? If they can't drive the car to it's potential then they shouldn't be driving one, they should be driving the Smart cars.

buffalowings

Because cars are different. Cars are an universal status symbol, the bicycle?..who gives a crap if you're riding a full carbon, with all the bling bling you could find in detroit. Hell, to the mas public (and little kids) the cool stuff is: DUAL suspension, heavy duty frames, and disk brakes (who cares if it's mechanical or hydraulic, long as it's disk..

halfspeed

The OP for one.

rekmeyata

No their not! Cars and bikes are a status symbol too. I know engineers and doctors etc that ride $10,000 plus bikes and are not that great at cycling, so why do they ride those bikes? Bragging rights, status symbols, talking points; the same guys will get into their Ferrari or whatever, why? Bragging rights, status, and talking points and they can't drive the cars anywhere near their limits just as they can't ride their bikes near it's limits. So for the bike they talk about it being a Colnago etc, Campy EPS, lightest frame, best shoe, etc, etc; don't tell me people don't do that...YOU ALL DO IT HERE!!

buffalowings

Well... this is getting as bad as MTV's show, "rediculousness"... thank the stars they aren't out riding everyday, or they would be the laughing stock of their friends (biking one or two miles, maybe even conquering a mole hill, and looking like they just finished the Tour De France, eyes looking like the CGI in that awful film starring the governor of Califonia. This crap only works (the aero advantage of deep dish carbon wheels, the smoothness of EPS) when they are at the gentleman's club sipping cognac, swishing it around in their mouths and spitting it back into the chalice. I'll rather they do that than further congest the roads.

Also: I'm not jesus on a bicycle by any means, but my bike is just under 1k, and I think it matches my skill level/fitness. If someone can put a 6k bike to effective use, then all the power to them.

Machka 

If someone purchases a 6K bicycle, then hangs it in their garage and only uses it 6 times a year to do a slow, casual recreation ride with the family ... then all power to them as well.

Garfield Cat

Gaming the system: Push comes to shove, I would make a cash gift to a friend and then the friend would buy a bike. Then he would sell me the bike for under $1,000. Problem solved. Still a happy camper and outside your box.

Rollinrock

That's Genius! Your name and your avatar suits you well my friend. Kudos.

rekmeyata

I hate to say to this but my skill are worthy of a $1,000 bike not the $2,800 bike I just got! However, the comfort of the titanium ride is worth the extra $1,800 for me. So I got the bike more for comfort then skill level. Keep in mind, I'm 60 now, so comfort has shifted from the harsher riding racing bikes I got in my 20's and 30's to now due to age I want more comfort, and after test riding some CF frames, and a couple of TI bikes a couple of friends have I decided to go with the TI and I'm glad I did from the comfort standpoint.

svtmike

I challenge anyone to define "effective use" of a $1,000 bike that isn't also "effective use" of a $6,000 bike.

When it comes to what you as a rider want in a bike, and what you are willing and able to spend on it, it really is all about the bike and nothing else.

wphamilton

Whoa, that actually made sense. I can understand your reluctance to derail the other thread with common sense, and putting it here instead.



But now you have to weigh in on could you live with a $1K bike if you had to ...

svtmike

Of course I could. But I don't have to.

wphamilton

What's the lowest quality you'd go (new bike price) if someone set an arbitrary upper limit? Assuming you have another way of getting around. Is there a price point below which it just wouldn't be worthwhile for you to ride as much as you do now?

RT

It is really more about effective use of one's money, and that is definitely unique to the rider. I am frugal and utilitarian, but I do see the other side; to each their own, you might say.

For others who need a bike to get from A to B, it is really about whatever bike they can acquire. Regardless of what price point one is at, I think I agree with you.

svtmike

I use bikes for fitness and recreation much more than for transportation. I started out on a $400 mountain bike and got into good shape on it, and I could do it again.

Almost every one of us already lives with an arbitrary upper limit, set by our circumstances and ourselves.

If my funds were severely limited, I'd have to give up spending money on things like organized rides and weekend bike trips. But I'd be able to make do.

sfrider 

If I didn't have a $7000 bike I'd go buy a $1000 one if it's all I can afford. Big deal.

Hbrown

I was just thinking about this the other day, But not at the $1000 leval. I thought if I had not spent the money on my three bikes, I could have brought a 2013 Ducati Panigale 1199R Brand new! And right now I would be out carving some corners. In my leather and Boots having fun! Parked at some cafe sipping esspreso staring at my ducati as people pass by and stare at it. But wait I can still do the same thing with my bicycle! I can carve corners with my bikes, People stare at them! And because I ride I can have a scone with my esspesso!


Right now i'm sitting at my laptop typing this with my legs buzzing, covered in salt, a few nats still in my hair, Those stupid tan lines that we get, and wanting to go to sleep! I only got in 30 today, and getting ready to take a shower. Thinking should I wipe the bike down that I just rode, and then get in the shower? so I can hang it up, and ride one of the other ones tommorow.

HMMM decisions, decisions. My bikes make me extremly happy! Isn't that all that counts?

RT

Decisions are irrelevant. Happiness is irrelevant. The 41 collective demands satisfaction.

You will be assimilated.

Hbrown

And by the way by Bike Gods, If you meen my wife, every bike thing I own is less than a $1000. But if she read any of my posts, my coffin she will splurge on. Cost would be no option. I don't know how he accidentily stabbed himself (officer) in the back 4 times, while falling down the steps, and with his last breath shot himself with his left hand even though he is right handed, in the groin and forehead! He was pretty limber from riding his bike.

dobrado

I couldn't. I like nice(r) things! I'd always think about the next thing; currently I ride a Trek 2.1, and I'm fantasizing about bikes like the Bianchi Oltre, Fuji SST & Altamira, Cervelo R series...

But, the good thing is that I reide the HELL out of my 2.1, and know that once I actually get strong and skilled enough to justify getting a higher end bike, I will feel no qualms about doing so.

rekmeyata

Excellent point. I've been unemployed for a year, I cancelled my cable, cell phone, went with MagicJack for home phone, and reduced my internet speed to the lowest level. However I don't have any personal debt so I have no bills in that regard. I was suppose to go on several organized road tours with my classic cars that I do every year, but instead of doing that and spending $1,000's in gas and motels I got a bike instead. If your still wondering how I did that on unemployment, I have a couple rentals that are all full and living off of that money quite well, so I sacrificed doing the classic car tours and got a bike instead. I spent less on the bike then I would have on the car tours.

Dannihilator

Yeah.