Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
So I can shave off almost 5 ounces from my 20 pound bike for only $300? Who wouldn't do that? ( Anybody who knows the value of a dollar, probably. )
I think (I
hope) that Wogsterca is pulling our legs!
Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
If you look at a high-end camera form, you'll see the same thing. It isn't that a particular hero has a better camera, but "If I pay $8,000 for this 'sports' camera, I'll be able to get good cyclocross photos. Because the problem with my pics couldn't possibly be that I haven't built up enough skill yet."
Spending money on things is
easy. The other stuff is
hard. I think one of the social "values" of light bikes and "weight weenyism" is that it is a convenient shared conversational topic (kind of like sports).