Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 779
Likes: 131
From: Back-of-beyond, Kootenays, BC
Bikes: Specialized Roubaix Expert Road and Specialized Stump Jumper FS Mountain; De Vinci Caribou touring, Intense Tracer T275c, Cramerotti, Specialized Allez, Condor, Marinoni, Kona Rove DL
$3000 is a lot to some; not a big deal to others. You will get pleasure out of owing a fine bike. You will enjoy riding it more. How much more is impossible to calculate let alone fix a $$ amount to. If you can afford it and want to treat yourself - go for it. That's the nature of luxury goods. A beater car will get you to the same places as a Rolls - the enjoyment quotient is up to you.
As for me, I LIKE nice bikes! (and I deserve 'em).