Originally Posted by
UberGeek
There's something to be said for buying a $700 bike, and being scared to tinker with it, lest you break something and add in an easy $200 repair; vs buying a $150 bike and not being scared to tinker, because you'd only be out $150for the bike. The replacement cost alone would be less.
There's also something to be said for learning to work on a bike that doesn't have a bunch of non-standard components that aren't compatible with readily available replacements.