Originally Posted by
wolfchild
It's not about affordability. I could go to my LBS right now and purchase a $ 14 000 bike with cash if I wanted to. But what's the point of spending that much on a bicycle ?.
This sort of remark always strikes me as utterly meaningless. Sure, you might have $14k (which is no big deal), but that’s not the same as being able to
afford a bike that costs that much. By your logic, I can “afford” a Ferrari - or a half dozen of ‘em - but I’ll never be able to “afford” one in the sense that I’ll never make the tradeoff of giving up so much other stuff.