🚀 go-pugleaf

I agree.  I am one of the biggest price cops lurking this newsgroup,
but at least I try to compare apples to apples, not apples to pumpkins.

If you don't want a bike that costs more than many of the cars studnets
driver,then don't buy one.  If you think you can get the exact same
bike (or a VERY close equivalent) for $500 or $1,000 less, then by
all means say so and tell us where to get it.

But just going on a rant because YOU personally don't think people
need it, that it is ridiculous?  Like it or not, some folks have more
money than you, and like it or not, some people have different priorities
than you.

Matt Erdman <gte884h@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
-> "David Eugene Coley" <gte507n@prism.gatech.edu> wrote in message
-> news:8vcch8$9os$1@news-int.gatech.edu...
->> i think its ridiculous to ride any bike that expensive.  u can get a good
->> car for that amount.  and my standard of 'good' is definitely not based on
->> throwing $ down the drain, that's for sure.  I use a bike bought for $40,
->> i get to class in 7min max, and i get a little exercise, which is pretty
->> much what u get on ANY bike.  and the bike has no pointless fad items like
->> suspension everywhere or fancy names that will get it stolen.

-> not everyone keeps a bike simply for going to class.  my full suspension
-> litespeed has served nicely as a decoration and conversation piece for the
-> past few months.  =)  seriously, some people buy these things for sport.  a
-> better bike can make a big difference to a competitive rider.  few people
-> need a $5000 race bike.  that doesn't mean they shouldn't be sold.  i'm so
-> tired of people on this ng thinking that if they don't need something it's
-> not worth anything to anyone else.  perhaps something like a "tennis
-> stringing machine" is less than popular, but let him post.  who cares?
-> someone offers a room for rent higher than on-campus housing and suddenly
-> it's a rip off?  no, it's just a nicer room at a correspondingly higher
-> price.  and i'm thinking that it's not outside the realm of possibility that
-> someone reading these posts would bid on a $5000 bicycle.  and do you think
-> you saved him because he saw your post and said to himself, "hm.  i thought
-> i needed a light, high-quality bike for expert level racing, but i think
-> i'll use a $40 pos instead."



-- 
John Cronin