Originally Posted by
oldnslow2
Besides disposable income you also need desire. There are many people that ride $3000 bikes and drive $50,000+ cars. They can easily afford a more expensive bike but they don't care. Conversely there are people that have $10,000+ bikes and drive older and/or cheaper cars. See rule
#25 .
Funny story. I was looking around for a C3 to test ride in my size. Found one, but it was Di2, and I didn't really want to test ride it. The shop offered it to me for the price of mechanical Ultegra. I begrudgingly went and test rode it. And then bought it. And now would prefer not to own another bike without it.