Originally Posted by
cyccommute
But when it comes to my own bikes, I spend what I want to spend and ride what I want to ride. I don't ask for validation nor need to explain to people why I have 8 bikes that have collectively cost what a good car costs and are worth what a really good car costs. It's my money that I earned from my talent. How I spend it is my business and only my business.
While I don't have 8 bikes, I agree with the sentiment. I also think that these types of threads, which invariably come up every year, are trite.