Originally Posted by
johnny99
This article is silly. Just because the most expensive bicycles (or cars or whatever) are getting more expensive doesn't mean you have to buy them. There are plenty of cheaper bicycles on the market and that is what most people buy.
Even the most expensive bicycles are not only cheap but they're accessible. An ordinary guy, if he chooses to, can buy the bicycling equivalent to last year's F1 car.
High end bicycles may also be the ultimate status symbol. Park a $30,000 boat and trailer in your driveway and your neighbors might not even notice. Casually let it drop that you paid half of that amount for a bicycle that you still have to pedal and they'll think you must have money to burn.