Originally Posted by
sam_cyclist
The forum tends to attract a lot of people who are obsessed with purchasing new toys. Nothing is ever too light or too expensive for them. They can't ever reach a point where they have had enough bikes, so they buy as many as they can fit in their dwelling, then sell off a few out of guilt, then buy ever more in an endless cycle. If a shinier, newer toy is released, of course they have to buy it. Only to get bored of it a year or two later when a newer, "nicer" toy is unveiled.
You can only leave them be.
Guilty as charged. However, I drive a 2000 Saturn with 240,000 miles, use a flip phone, watch over the air TV and we just got internet a year ago. cycling = joy.