kirkaptain

I'm not trying to be a troll or stir up heated argument, but I tend to learn more from my mistakes that my successes.

I see alot of people around here asking for advice on their "next bike." More often that not, responses are very positive; people leave glowing reviews of bike they own. It's a bit like people who tell stories of their luck in Vegas: gambling gains are exagerated and losses downplayed. I want to hear tales of loss and regret.

I'm pretty new to cycling, so my only regret is having an old bike overhauled by a shop (cost about $200), when I could have spent the money on tools to do it myself (in which case I would have had a freshly-overhauled bike, tools, and lots of working knowledge of bike repair).

So, how about it? What bike-related purchase do you personally regret the most? Which bike was the worst lemon? What was the biggest waste of money? Share your biggest mistakes, so the rest of us won't repeat them.