Originally Posted by
Highcad
The biggest waste of money is old, fat guys purchasing high end road bikes. 90 percent of these old fat guys will quit within a couple of years - because riding in the same position as a Tour de France guy is not comfortable.
You're a real ray of sunshine. You're also incorrect.
Originally Posted by
tomato coupe
Maybe it was still worth the money to them.
Ding ding ding! If someone knows what they are getting, and willingly plunks down the money, the purchase is by definition "worth it" to them. How could it be anything else?