Originally Posted by
AlmostTrick
How could you know this with 100% certainty? Some of us could easily buy many $4000, heck, even $10,000 bikes, but simply choose not to. The fact that I "only" bought a $1000 bicycle has nothing to do with my disposable income, and everything to do with what I'd rather invest it in.
I strongly agree with your disagreement..
I can today rather well afford any bike I wish. A big reason that's true is an abiding sense of buying value/what I actually need over many, many years.