re: "likely my last bike"
In 2006 I went shopping for what I was
certain would be "likely my last bike"
After much research and test rides etc. I wound up with a lovely Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2 that, as far as I or the sales consultant from the LBS could determine, would outlive me and never be an impediment to my performance goals. And now, 17 years later, that bike is indeed still going strong, gets ridden almost every day, shows no signs of failure or imminent demise, and so easily could have been the last bike I ever bought
...it's just that, since I bought that bike, I've bought four
more bikes!
And while any of the bikes I still own (I've already sold off two of the bikes that I subsequently acquired) certainly could be "likely my last bike"...I know they aren't.
