Originally Posted by
gridplan
Why buy old stamps if you're not going to mail them? Why buy old coins if you're not going to spend them? In fact, why collect anything at all if a picture would do? We don't all have to buy bikes for the same reason.
This is exactly the point. Stamps and coins have an historical intellectual side, which never interested me (my dad did both). That aspect of bikes leaves me cold, too. I do study the engineering of bicycles. If I can't ride it and experience the benefit of various innovations, there's no stimulation, beyond just riding. So far though, I think I have great bikes.
Road Fan