Vapin' Joe
Formerly known as Smokin Joe
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
Nearer £500.
Bike envy
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Nearer £500.
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I'll say one thing about Cycling Plus ... They certainly know their tyre levers.
My favourite tyre levers have Cycling Plus written on them. Must have been freebies
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Most of my friends are well off and have beautiful bikes but I've never found my self envious of them; I prefer my 2018 Ti frame which will hopefully its with my engine is still about the second fastest in my group. About the 3rd fastest is probably the wealthiest but he prefers the classic bike look and rim brakes. He's a far better descender than anybody in the group :-)
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I would not join a club that had me as a member,now who said that or something very similar.
Groucho Marx.
slow horse
Well-Known Member
Never mind bike envy, I have Drago envy.
I retired this year at 59, I couldn’t have packed up at 47, I was too fidgety back then, I enjoyed working.
You and Thora should get a room
Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
Probably they laugh at you no more or no less on your folder than you mock them for riding carbon framed bikes.
Why are people so keen to perpetuate the "us vs them" attitudes in cycling to bikes and kit.
It's all irrelevant bollux.
Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
For those of us who have worked all our lives but are now mortgage and child-free, it isn't hard.
I could quite easily afford to spend £5K+ on a bike - our bank balance goes up by about 2-3K per month when we don't have any exceptional expenses. I did spend just over £2K on one 3 years ago. I would like to get another new one, but doubt I could justify it to my wife, and if I did it would be a little over £3K this time. I couldn't justify spending £5K even to myself, because my ability and age means I just couldn't take advantage of the small gains you would get for that extra money.
Ok, I am certainly better off than the average person, but not wildly so, I am sure there are plenty more out there who can reasonably afford to spend that much on a bike.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I wasn't mocking them for riding carbon bikes. Until I thinned down the fleet when I moved house I had one myself.
My barb was more aimed at those that get up their own arses about such things, the attitude rather than the bikes, and some people do. Denying it doesn't alter the reality of some folk being like that.
I'm quite happy tottering around on whatever two wheeled piece of crap I fancy and bollards to what anyone thinks. I'm not the one agonising over it like the OP.
Ridgeway
Veteran
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
Maybe they don’t have cars ? Some people spend thousands on these I’ve heard😉
EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Just and only for that age: now I've got retirement envy - despite that would be still six years away.
Back to bike envy: 17 or 18 years ago on a sportive I slowly overtook two guys who were in full pro kit (team Gerolsteiner) with matching pro bike replicas and either of them surely was in the 130kg+ class, mostly bones and... let's call it "energy storage". I panted a "Hi" at them and thought: "Why do you ride so expensive stuff? You wouldn't be slower on a less fancy bike! It's a bit ridiculous."
Then I looked down on my bike and recognised that I was in the same situation with the only difference that the parts on my bike (eg. Suntour Superbe Pro brakes) were 15 years older. Perhaps those guys had very little time to ride their bikes and just wanted to enjoy their time on the bikes as much as possible and part of their enjoyment was to know that they ride very good bikes. An then it dawned on me that I was the ridiculous guy. Lesson learned.
E.
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Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
I think I have become a victim of it. A couple of my friends that I ride with have nice shiny bikes, not new but several years old so when I happened to see this one on FBMP for a low price I thought I might go for it. I was partly swayed by an old Cycling Plus magazine and some reviews I read on the net. It's not new but 12 years old but looks nice and shiny. I normally buy classic old steel bikes which require some restoration. I only spent £70 on it and some time straightening the buckled wheels so not a lot.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
I don't have one of those either. I must be a real pauper.
