to me i don't give a rip if some rookie wants to buy an expensive bike- it's his moeny whateva.
one thing i can't stand is posers though. you've all seen them, these guys have "the look" down pat. a huge pair of blue ice brikos, the full lotto team gear, the giro, the sidis, the ****ing C50.
don't get me wrong they're just spending their moeny how they want, but if you're going to to spend so much effort trying to be tom boonen, you should ride by tom boonen because getting all euro'd out and then getting passes by some kid on a mountain bike has gotta be embarassing.