I guess i have the exact opposite view. Life is actually pretty long and the life of a bike can be very long if taken care of. I would rather have my favorite bike 30 years from now than have beaten it to hell in 10. I take my nice bikes when I can but it still nice to have a beater when I know I have to ride out to the seedier areas of our fine city.
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Matthew J <[email protected]> wrote: > My issue with the beater bike solution is that life is short. Much as I > like to pleasure ride out in the great beyond, truth is most of my riding > is going to work or running errands in the city. > > Sure, a beater bike means less to worry about when parked. But it also > means most of my riding will be on something that is anything but fun to > ride. In 8 years of bike only living the only bad luck I had was when a > truck backed over my then favorite bike. Sure I was down for a while, but > now I have a great new custom that I really enjoy riding. > > Good bikes and quality parts are replaceable. Time wasted riding a junker > is not. Haha. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/32y-wivN1PwJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
