Looking around a nice shop today.

[johnnyb47]

Hiya buddy.. Certainly no offence taken here my friend. I respect you and everybody's outlook on life. It's what makes the world go around. All the very best Vantage and there,s absolutely no need for you say sorry.

 

[DRM]

more serious cyclist = dumbshit with more money than sense.
My bike when new set me back £412 but I'd bet I'm more into cycling than some of these rich summer bunnies who've had their uber posh bikes locked up all winter. And I'll bet there's cyclists out there on bikes half as expensive as mine who are more serious about it than I.
A love of cycling is what makes a cyclist.....not a posh bike. All the gear and no idea etc.

I took great delight this morning in catching some one in full Sky kit on a Pinarello, he was away & got the run of the traffic lights, I got stuck on two reds & he was about 3/4 to 1 mile away by the time I got going, in my very childish mind this was the Giro, he was on a breakaway & I was going to catch him, which I did, I was on his wheel on the incline & I would have left him for dead but had to turn off for home as Mrs DRM was expecting a day out, so couldn't be late, this was on my aluminium framed Verenti with Sora 9 speed, £455 in the end of season sale, childish, but good fun.

 

[screenman]

I took great delight this morning in catching some one in full Sky kit on a Pinarello, he was away & got the run of the traffic lights, I got stuck on two reds & he was about 3/4 to 1 mile away by the time I got going, in my very childish mind this was the Giro, he was on a breakaway & I was going to catch him, which I did, I was on his wheel on the incline & I would have left him for dead but had to turn off for home as Mrs DRM was expecting a day out, so couldn't be late, this was on my aluminium framed Verenti with Sora 9 speed, £455 in the end of season sale, childish, but good fun.

That was me you caught, I was just winding down at the end of a 200 miler. I did think I bet you would like a nice expensive bike.

 

[DRM]

That was me you caught, I was just winding down at the end of a 200 miler. I did think I bet you would like a nice expensive bike.

No thanks, I've already got a carbon framed best bike, still being 250 miles in wasn't bad!!

 

[screenman]

No thanks, I've already got a carbon framed best bike, still being 250 miles in wasn't bad!!

Second thoughts it could have been a mate of mine on a recovery ride, well after the 19 minute 10 he did the day before he needs it.

Races only count when you have a number on your back.

 

[johnnyb47]

I gave chase today after an old granny on her Raleigh shopper bike. As expected she left me for dust again.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I took great delight this morning in catching some one in full Sky kit on a Pinarello, he was away & got the run of the traffic lights, I got stuck on two reds & he was about 3/4 to 1 mile away by the time I got going, in my very childish mind this was the Giro, he was on a breakaway & I was going to catch him, which I did, I was on his wheel on the incline & I would have left him for dead but had to turn off for home as Mrs DRM was expecting a day out, so couldn't be late, this was on my aluminium framed Verenti with Sora 9 speed, £455 in the end of season sale, childish, but good fun.

That's exactly what happens to me when I pull up at a traffic light in my car. Some yobbo in a car with red painted brake calipers and a scoop on the hood checks me out, judges me based on what I drive and seeks a dice. I always let them win, it makes their day.I like making other people happy. Their conversation on the car forums look exactly like yours above.

The Sky kit man on the Pinarello just smiled as you turned off as "you had to go home" 'cause mommy was calling.

 

[Ian H]

My ideal bike shop has grease on the floor, a huge stock of bits, and someone welding exquisite frames in the back-room workshop.

 

[Jimidh]

Funny, your location says Wales but I could swear from your description that you were in Edinburgh's Ronde.

That's exactly what I thought too.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I was once asked, in a boutique-style bike shop, whilst perusing a high-end bike, if I was a serious cyclist. I replied jokingly that I didn't regard myself as any sort of cyclist but that I liked riding bikes a lot and the assistant took another glance at my paunch and walked away. The £5k I had to spend on a new bike that day is still in the bank, and won't be getting spent there!

 

[Globalti]

This kind of inverted snobbery gets up my nose. Like many others on CC I expect, I work damned hard and suffer a fair amount of stress, risk to my health and even danger in my job. I'm paid well for it and all the necessary fixed expenses like feeding, clothing and sheltering my family are sorted out. My aspirations are modest, I am prudent and conservative with my money so why the hell shouldn't I reward myself by buying an expensive bike that rides like a dream and gives me a great deal of pleasure, as well as keeping me fit and slim into my sixties? It's not just the joy I derive from riding the bike, it's the pleasure of owning something that's beautifully engineered and represents the pinnacle of carbon bike design. In over 1000 miles of riding this bike I have had to do NOTHING to it apart from adjust the brakes to compensate for wear and keep it clean and lubricated.

 

[screenman]

I was once asked, in a boutique-style bike shop, whilst perusing a high-end bike, if I was a serious cyclist. I replied jokingly that I didn't regard myself as any sort of cyclist but that I liked riding bikes a lot and the assistant took another glance at my paunch and walked away. The £5k I had to spend on a new bike that day is still in the bank, and won't be getting spent there!

I had the same type of thing happen to me, but some ignorant salesperson was not going to put me off satisfying my desire.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

I had the same type of thing happen to me, but some ignorant salesperson was not going to put me off satisfying my desire.

merely postponed, and as a result the budget has gone up! Though quite how I'll blow the lot on a bike made of steel takes some thinking through.

 

[vickster]

merely postponed, and as a result the budget has gone up! Though quite how I'll blow the lot on a bike made of steel takes some thinking through.

Mercian with fancy fandango groupset and wheels

Or titanium...

 

[Dogtrousers]

I've pointed this out before, but there is a sweet spot of pricing. Below this price, bikes are terrible clunkers and BSOs. Above this price they are purchased only by fools, who are easily parted from their money.

By a bizarre coincidence this sweet spot generally corresponds to how much the writer paid for their own bike.