Originally Posted by
patentcad
I figure in the last six years I've spent $25K on bike crap. That works out to about $350 monthly. On the other hand I'm in phenomenal shape for 53, I'm thin, and I'm quite happy. How many people would pay $350/month for all that?
Plenty.
Is that a waste of money? I can think of far more stupid things to do with money than that, and I've done a few of them in the past.
Smoke em if you got em...
But... not everyone is in your economic bracket and can't afford to spend $350.00 a month on bike schwag and you know better than anyone else the law of diminishing returns when it comes to the money spent on bicycles.
I know lots of people your age who are thin and happy and manage to do this without spending $350.00 a month on their cycling but still manage to ride rather decent bicycles every day.
The article is funny because it contains a lot of truth in it... lighter bikes have their advantages and do make racers faster, give the poseurs something to go on about, and make old farts feel younger.
