Originally Posted by Flying Merkel

I gave up on bicycle magazines. The same recurring themes kept popping up:

You need a new bike. $3,000 is cheap for a new bike. $6,000 is entry level

Here's an exotic riding local that an average human can't afford to visit. If you don't ride here, you're a weenie.

Racers are the gods we should worship. You are not worthy.

Next year, you have to get another new bike.

I have love affair with bicycles that goes back 45 years. Reading about bikes is duller than poop.