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Old 10-31-10 | 08:56 PM
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Bikes: Dahon Mu P8, Fuji Absolute 1.0

Originally Posted by qmsdc15
Would you be embarrassed to own a $4000 hybrid?
No, I would not. I am hard pressed to imagine wanting any bicycle that cost that much but if I found one that I wanted and I felt that I could afford it I would buy it and enjoy it and I would know that there are people riding bicycles that cost several times as much yet. A bicycle may be by far the best solution to your personal transportation needs yet I doubt that you really need a bicycle. There are other options even if they are not as attractive to you for one reason or another. Food, water, shelter, these are things that you need. Even if a bicycle is the optimum means for you to obtain them it is still not a need. We all get bicycles because we want them. Some of us want them for one reason, others other reasons. For some reasons low cost is a predominant factor in the purchase decision, for some reasons cost is of no importance whatsoever. For other reasons yet cost is of primary importance in a perverse sense: some people buy very high end products that are obscenely expensive for no other reason than to be seen using things that we mere mortals will never be able to afford. One indication of this is that I almost never get passed by the exotic cars I see on the road when I am driving, they are almost always right in front of me running 5, 10, 15 mph below the speed limit and taking corners at walking speed. Their owners have no intention of ever actually driving them, they just want to be seen in them. So, don't be one of those people when you buy or upgrade your bicycle (it's pointless, even a lot of other bicycle owners can't tell an exotic TdF machine from a department store knockoff) but don't be embarrassed or ashamed of how much or how little you spent either. Follow your heart, stay within your budget, and enjoy your ride.

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