Originally Posted by
BlazingPedals
If riding a $10,000 bike pleases you and you can afford it, what's the problem? Just because the OP doesn't have the sensibilities to discern the difference between a cheap bike and an expensive one doesn't mean he's right and all those big spenders are wrong. I wonder how much, in his mind, is an acceptable amount to spend on a bike? $300?
Sounds like another anti-snob superiority thread.
It's a stupid thread reacting to a stupid post in another thread.
Who cares what other people think is the right amount of money to spend on a bike? The feed the beggar bit is a red herring --likely no one is really considering it that way except for the universally ridiculed post quoted in the op.