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@Seraphinx
Yes and no. I don't really see anything wrong with spending a lot of money on something I use every day. I want it to be practical and look good because everything else changes but the bike is the one constant, day in, day out. I don't want to get sick of it or pull it out to ride it and think 'ugh'.
In fact, despite spending a lot of money I didn't really have to replace my bike after my other got stolen, I realised midweek when my housemate came in after buying an iPad and then moaning she had no money, that actually, for something that gets such heavy usage, I actually spent way less than I should have. Considering how much she spent on that iPad and how fuckin useless they are, my purchase was not materialistic in ANY way....