Originally Posted by
Lascauxcaveman
If my wife was giving me significant resistance on the n+1 front, I would save my powder for something a lot nicer than this. Is the difference between $100 and $50 really all that important to her? How many pairs of shoes does she own?
That's a can of worms I am not opening. And yes...$50 is a pretty nice meal out for us...that we both enjoy instead of just me enjoying a bike. Unfortunately, that really is about as exciting as our local CL gets. My Schwinn I picked up a few months ago was definitely an unexpected diamond in the rough for around here ($20 for an '89 Prelude with Columbus Tenax seamless tubing - and I love the ride feel).
I consider a bike a good deal if I can sell it for what I bought it for, if not for a few bucks more, even if I have to put a little bit of money into it....I get that money back in enjoyment of riding it for awhile.