oh yeah. so at Bike Beat I happened to notice the price tags on some of these machines. holy cow. Five grand for a bike? I take it back, my junk IS low end. But at least it gets me to work...

So if I was to drop 5 grand on a sweet bike, would one pedal stroke make me go farther faster? I mean, obviously the bikes in the LBS are of way higher quality than the sporting goods store special I'm rocking, they are truly works of art. But my bike is totally utilitarian. Is it going to explode after a few years just because it only cost three hundred bucks?