Originally Posted by
AlanK
And I know I'll catch lots of s**t for those, but I'll say it anyway... To me paying more than about $2K+ for a complete bike is just an extravagant waste. To me one of the most appealing things about cycling is that it's an efficient, healthy, and inexpensive form of transportation. When you're getting to the point of spending as much for a bike as you would for a decent used car you've completely lost sight of what cycling is all about. $3-4K+ for a bike just seems silly to me.
I agree with this, with qualification: I dont see any sense spending that much on a bike that is 20 year-old technology, simply because only a few manuf. make nice lugged frames anymore... However, if you're living car free, I can certainly see the draw to new technologies that represent advances in utility such as the Rohloff hub, SON HUB dynamo plus integrated LED lights, hydraulic disk brakes, etc. etc. Thats much easier for me to understand...