Old 09-05-14 | 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by chriskmurray
When in doubt, go with what will make you excited to hop on and go for a ride! It will be a much better investment if you use it more. I have went the route of "this makes more sense than what I really want" before and in the end I sold the "sensible" purchase to buy what I really wanted in the first place.

Thank you Chris. Just so you know I did receive your pm, it just won't let me reply yet because I don't have 50 posts. I just want to say thank you very much and I will definitely keep it in mind. The dilemma of what I should get vs what I really want is definitely a pain. I would equate it to going to a car lot to pick out a vehicle. You go to the lot knowing a family vehicle is practical because you have to carry your children, groceries, luggage, bikes etc...so you are looking at an suv or minivan and you test drive it. They are nice solid vehicles with plenty of storage. Then two cars down you see it...the one that just says drive me for the sheer pleasure of it. The camaro in candy apple red...you know you are going to drive it just because you can or take it for a spin for no reason other than the sheer pleasure of driving it. There is nothing practical about it, storage sucks, passenger capacity sucks, eats gas like it is going out of style but so what...I am going to drive it just because I can and I know it will be entertaining, I don't have to drive this vehicle, I just want to.

Anyway that is how I see it. Since I have children and I do drive a SUV IRL, I think I want my bicycle version of the camaro because I know I will ride it just because...
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