Originally Posted by
prj71
So you think I'm wrong that the majority on this forum are riding more expensive bikes than what's offered at the department store?
If you read my post I wasn't talking about MY disposable income. What I said was... "But the majority of us here are enthusiasts with disposable income to purchase bikes within the price range I mention"
That would not be an untrue statement and I also mentioned there are always going to be some exceptions to that.
What do you not understand about "you have no bona fide statistical evidence to support that claim"?
Your initial claim was not "better than a big box bike", it was that the majority of people using the Bicycle Mechanics forum ride bikes costing $2-5k. Now I don't deny that some of us do, but I would not claim a majority because I have no basis for that claim and neither does anyone else, despite your enthusiasm for the idea. Likewise I make no claim for the disposable income of participants in the forum, something of which you spuriously claim knowledge.
We do not* dismiss things as "not worth the effort, just throw cash at it" although that's an option for some readers. Some people need a bike to get to work, or to a store or pharmacy, and may not have much cash until the end of the month - these users should not be told "that bike's junk, you should have spent at least $1k" and it's unhelpful to cultivate the notion that this forum is for enthusiasts with elite equipment.
* except for veganbikes the notorious bike snob