Originally Posted by
OldRailfan
Perhaps it's more a case of not putting the emphasis on the riding part. OTOH can you image how careful one needs to be to ride a very expensive bike? Crashing one would be a real drag.
I'm not sure there's much of a correlation between bike expense and the amount of riding people do. I'm pretty sure it's primarily driven by jealousy and reverse snobbery, which are basically the same thing.