Originally Posted by
jr59
this is me^^
I turned down a Confente a while back. It fit me, and was very nice. Also almost 9,000 dollars. I kick myself for not buying it now. I have a lot of bikes. Most are custom US hand made. Most are well above what most posters on here would pay. That's alright, to each their own. I see it all the time in posts. A high end bike on here gets very few posts and at times almost shamed, while a med. grade bike, get praise heaped on it. No problem my me, I just like high end stuff.
so no limit to what I will spend on the things I want. Providing that I can afford it.
I would not take it that way, there are many bargain seekers here, that is no problem. I like the longstanding trend here that the lower tier bikes get attention. Save some of the very cheap when new bike shaped objects.
I have a few bikes by that Mario fellow. Fortunate. My taste I admit was skewed early by reading, from my first road bike I bought at or near the upper end so have remained there by and large.