Originally Posted by
dja1
This reply really put it into perspective for me given what I was originally thinking. The bike market is becoming a big scam I think and is just sucking people into fads to get money off them. I honestly think I almost fell victim to this and have been trying to feel a void in my life with unnecessary consumerism.
It's not a scam. There is simply more choice of bike today. Obviously buying a full-on carbon aero race bike is a very bad idea if what you really want to do is go touring! I doubt any of the bike manufacturers are marketing their aero race bikes for that kind of use are they?