Originally Posted by
urbanknight
I see by the frown that you don't like it. I can help: Just give me your fancy bike and I'll send you my aluminum one. As a 31 year old teacher holding a pink slip, it's gonna take me the whole 14 years to save up for a bike to make me "that guy" when I turn 45.

If that would make me the fast guy on the aluminum bike I would take you up on it. Unfortunately it will take me ten years (when I turn 45) to regain half of the speed I had when I was your age.