Originally Posted by
patentcad
How cool is it when you tell your neighbor that your handlebars cost more than his entire new bicycle and he looks at you as if you're completely friggin off the hinges? And you know nothing you can ever say will ever make him understand.
Yup. A bicycle is the ultimate suburban status symbol.
Park a $30,000 bass boat and trailer in your driveway and the neighbors might not even notice. Tell those same neighbors that you paid 1/10 of that for a bike that you still have to pedal and they'll think that you must be made of money. Don't try that with a truely high end bike unless you have the EMT's on speed dial.