Originally Posted by
Trakhak
I was with you until your last paragraph. Going on impressions based on posts from people here over the years, it seems likely that a sizable proportion of those you have in mind are millionaires, more or less. If some poster happens to fit the "parsimony" description (and the mere assertion by that poster that modern bikes are overpriced is pretty feeble evidence), it's by inclination, not need..
Don’t know if you’ve seen them, but the person to whom I was replying has offered many posts – and I think at least one entire thread – complaining about how much new bikes and cycling equipment costs these days. So I don’t think I was assuming quite as much as you believe I was.