I dare say all bikes come with a little bit of "buyers remorse". There's always going to be a little bit of could of, would of, should of. That goes with any major purchase be it price or otherwise. There's always a better price after the fact. There is ALWAYS lusting for something you couldn't afford.

MrCrassic is at least making an effort to alleviate some of this. Your comment goes the way of trying to adapt to something then hitting the lottery. Life doesn't work that way...the grass is always greener comes to mind. I don't care if you ride a bike 20k miles. There is always something else that "may" have been a better fit for someone or equated to total Nirvana. Problem is, there really never is a true Nirvana. We can debate frame geometry or material of said frame for days on end and it would all be pointless. Human beings are, for the most part, never happy with what they have (in the materialistic world that you and I live in).

Folks that are just happy to be alive know a whole other meaning to being satisfied and it surely doesn't even scratch the surface of what you or I can even comprehend...

Saying "ride a bike 5k miles then buy the bike you should have bought" goes right out the window. How the heck did the consumer come to the "perfect" bike after riding the "wrong" bike 5 thousand miles?