Originally Posted by
Ray Dockrey
I disagree. If he is truly running and on the heavy side then average replacement of running shoes is every three or four months. Considering a good running shoe is close to $100 nowadays that's $300 to $400 in shoes a year. That initial outlay of $500 to $600 for an entry level bike now doesn't seem so bad.
Well, he probably won't spend anywhere near $100 on running shoes, he probably won't replace them every 3 months and he probably already has shoes he can run in. Call it a sunk cost, and it won't trigger his "OMG $500 for a bike" gag reflex either.