Originally Posted by
WalksOn2Wheels
Stucky, could you please sell your Venge already? I'm tired of reading about how much you hate it in every post.
LOL! I don't hate it. I just don't love it, any more so than I would a much cheaper bike.
Originally Posted by
Fly2High
I to am more of the belief it is more about the ride that what I ride. For me, it would be to buy a $2 -$3k bike and ride all the most scenic routes .... all around the globe.
At each destination, I would give away the bike to a deserving person and buy a new one at the start of each location. Maybe even go so far as to buy a local favorite bike. Got to ride an Italian in Italy, American onlong the US coasts, etc. If there is not local company, i would choose a classic that was ridden to victory in that country's bike race.
here's to the dream...
Interesting....but I think you'd be missing something by continually buying new bikes. I think that it's the memories we attach to items that we live with over time; and the way that they serve us well over a long period of time; and when it comes to things like bikes, the way our bodies adapt to them- that makes them special. You could go out and buy a new $15K bike every week- it wouldn't be special- it would just be different.
When I think back to the BSo I resurrected from the garbage 25 years ago; I think the main reasons I had such high regard for that POS, was that: A)I totally disassembled it and put it back together with new grease, and paint; and B)I had fond memories of the places I rode it in/the things I'd see and experience while riding it/the fun I had on it.
Just getting new things all the time- be they cars or bikes or whatever, means you have no history with them; no memories attached; no future expectations. You could buy a new $300K sports car every month...it would not be as enjoyable as driving some old mediocre car that you had for 20 years.