mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Haven't you met @Oldfentiger yet?What a perceptive man you must be to read the hearts and minds of all who are privileged enough to meet you.
Haven't you met @Oldfentiger yet?What a perceptive man you must be to read the hearts and minds of all who are privileged enough to meet you.
Now who's being judgmental?What a perceptive man you must be to read the hearts and minds of all who are privileged enough to meet you.
What a funny man you areNow who's being judgmental?
No matter how much cash I had, there would be a relatively low limit as to how much I would spend on a bike. The main reason being that I would be too scared to leave it anywhere! As it is, I don't like leaving any of my current bikes unattended, and the most expensive of them is probably the Ridgeback Panorama - bought second hand for about £600. It's all very well to say that insurance will sort you out with a new bike, but it's still a hassle to come out of a pub/café and find your transport gone; then as an added bonus your insurance premium will be loaded for the next few years.
As always, horses for courses. I know a lot of people just do circuits starting and ending at home; but I prefer to abandon the bike somewhere and go to eat, drink, window shop or whatever. I currently use a Kryptonite U lock even if popping in to the local Tesco's for a pint of milk.
Interesting question: I think that even if I had enough money to treat bikes as basically disposable I still wouldn't, because it's a shocking waste of natural resources.If you had £500 a week spare money to spend would that change your views, this money is not a one off but for life, and spare money is after everything else is paid for.
Interesting question: I think that even if I had enough money to treat bikes as basically disposable I still wouldn't, because it's a shocking waste of natural resources.
That said, I'm not the person you asked it of: I have some bikes I'm willing to leave locked up all day/overnight in public, some I'll lock for an hour or two, and one that never leaves my sight unless it's inside the house.
My two cheapest bikes were both built up by me from parts sourced on Ebay and if I priced the time spent putting them together would probably not be my two cheapest bikes at allMy cheapest bike would cost about £800 to replace and I value money so I am reasonably careful where I leave them.
Totally agree.No matter how much cash I had, there would be a relatively low limit as to how much I would spend on a bike.
Totally agree.
People who have little free cash can have a very skewed perspective of the world and end up spending all their free cash on a hobby. They then conclude that if they had more free cash they'd still spend it all on that hobby.
When you do have more free cash you realise you need to spend some on your hobbies, but more on other things; assets, pensions, boring stuff, only then the luxuries.
I doubt if it would change my views. All the money in the world isn't going to stop some thieving low life helping themselves to your bike if they really want it; and you are therefore back to the problems as previously stated re being left in the lurch without a bike. Sometimes a replacement just doesn't cut it when you have owned a bike for a while and personalised it with accessories and upgrades to make it "yours" rather than just another off the peg bike from a shop.If you had £500 a week spare money to spend would that change your views, this money is not a one off but for life, and spare money is after everything else is paid for.
I would, because cycling is my life.I wonder how many of us would still be cycling if we had huge amounts of money, I doubt that I would.