Originally Posted by DG
...So what I wonder about is why, if what I have is good enough, dependable enough, fast enough, and certainly paid for enough, why if that's true, do I keep looking at new bikes....
It's called dreaming the "what if!"
"What if, I had bike X, I would... climb higher, go faster, ride longer, you fill in the blank _______." This is good as long as it doesn't detract you from other important things in your life.