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Old 04-03-10 | 10:02 PM
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Originally Posted by snorkel
A buddy of mine has a $100 seat post. I asked him what about a seat post could possibly be worth $100. I asked this with sincere curiosity and not in any way mockingly. He honestly couldn't answer the question. Some people just have too much money was my conclusion.
$25 worth of material and tooling, plus $75 worth of envy as people drool when they check out your bike.

Is a SON28 really 2x better than a Shimano 3N80?
Is a Thomson post really 2x better than a VO Grand Cru?
Are VO stainless fenders 2x better than PB Freddy HCs?
Probably not... but it makes me smile when people tell me how nice my bike looks.
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