You are reading a single comment by @melon and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@melon
i dont know about that. i think colnago is the reserve of the bike enthusiast, im not sure anyone from a non bike background would know much about them.
cervelo make great bikes, but most people buy them becuase thier expensive and look like theyre from space. people that know nothing about bikes and have a big wedge will just walk into a shop and choose it becuase of the way it looks.
my LBS pretty much makes its money from building £££ TT bikes for middle aged guys with too much money and not enough time/skill/fitness. it does make me sick that a guy can spend 5-10k on a TT bike when hes 35, has a beer gut and only rides slow times in TT twice a year and the rest of the time cruises around in his mercedies. i ride my bike everyday for at least 30miles and commute everywhere on it so im obviosuly envious. my bike is probably worth less than his pedals, but i have a much closer attachment to it than this guy ever will with his multi K folly.
alot of these guys are more focused on selecting parts and paying somone else to put it all togather for them than they about riding. i think this fucking lame, and makes me sick when im struggling just to afford a new chain and brake pads. but at the same time they can spend thier money on whatever they like. if you can afford a nice bike, why get a shit one.
a guy has just ordered in the new super record groupset (dont like the marble effect though) which i saw today, so i am pretty bitter at the moment. i want that.
i forget the quote, but enzo ferrari once said somthing to the effect of: "we make cars for young sexy exciting people, but the only people that can buy them are old codgers trying relive thier youth. "