Originally Posted by
Random11
I'm sympathetic with your father in law's view here, because that's what I thought when I bought my first bike (in 40 years) six years ago. Now, I'm a bit embarrassed that I'm riding such expensive bikes, and don't want to tell anyone how much they cost. My bikes even seem like an extravagance to me, but after riding for a while and discovering what I wanted in a bike, I also discovered that getting what I wanted cost thousands of dollars.
I can understand this too . I started a thread in 50+ about a mountain bike bought before my health issues started I started modifying it since I am getting back to riding I finished making it what I wanted. . I sat down and added up my cost . I was at first not happy because I had twice what I could get out of it invested. But it is what I wanted it to be. Wide tires that handle pavement, gravel and hard packed dirt, upright riding position. Low geared bar end shifters Topeak rack wide pedals. I take it when we go somewhere that I might get to explore