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We all buy things that we don't really need (although clothes are something we do sort of need, we don't need such nice and pricey ones) but I do find the seemingly increasing fetishisation of cycling gear very unattractive.
Generally I'm sick of other cyclists buying things then posting them up on the internet like they should be rewarded for spending money when they haven't done a single meaningful thing with them yet. What am I meant to say, "Well done! You did capitalism! Have a badge!" And I don't mean a bargain secondhand frame or something really special, which would be different, just off the shelf things which are all identical and cost the regular amount.
But sale time is even worse: "Should I buy this thing I have no real need for and is essentially not really that suitable for me because it has money off? I'm so desperate to spend money!". Every Rapha sale people seem to rush to buy things they didn't even want before just because they have some money off. It's not saving if you weren't going to buy it anyway. I just find it all a bit tawdry.
Hobbies are fun, riding your bike is fun. Skip the sale and go for a ride instead.
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sweet - can I get 20% off one of these high horses?
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As tawdry as documenting your house refurbish on the Internet? Or less so. Where does it sit on the tawdry index?
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Yeah, you'd prolly be better off saving your cash to pay for the water to fill up that not at all frivolous swimming pool sized bathtub/sexpit you've got on the way....
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"Well done! You did capitalism! Have a badge!"
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miro_o
It is making me smile this morning that on page eight hundred odd of this thread there is a srsbznss conversation about why we buy things that we don't really need.
Come on.
Hobbies are fun. Buying and using new stuff for hobbies is fun, affirming and satisfying. Sometimes it is pricey.