On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 12:08 PM, JoelMatthews <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Even at that price, a good many of the folks for whom it would be an > ideal bike consider it > > beyond their reach or even outrageously expensive. > > Perhaps unfortunately so beyond the reach of some, but not > outrageously. There is nothing outrageous about paying a fair price > for quality built by people expert in their craft. > > One option, of course, is to spend double (at least!) on each of your bikes what you spend on your car. (I do realize that, for some, a car is not a plaything or a status symbol of some very weird sort, but a necessity.) I have seen many people poor enough to be hard pressed to pay their monthly insurance premiums making payments on cars far, far more expensive than what I drive; not to mention fast food bills and fancy cell phones and iPods and what have you; my ex, a pediatrician, saw many Medicaid patients carrying Vuitton and so on. I'm not ranting about welfare queens, but our country is so rich that even many of the poor can afford decent bikes if they really wanted them. I've seen poverty in India and Pakistan, where a bike means, or used to mean, practically middle class status. -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at [email protected] (505) 227-0523--
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