At 12:14 AM 1/17/2001 -0500, Douglas A. Stephens wrote:
>Reading all of these lists of hoarded bicycles makes me wonder what is the
>average income level of the members of this list? (a rhetorical question)
>I get the impression that we are distinctly well above middle class, with
>plenty, if not gobbs, of discretionary income to play with. No judgements
>implied here, just an observation.
For some this might be true, but mine just comes out of my car budget.
To complete the "survey" I'm a 36 year old geezer We had all our children early and are now seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
BIKES: '99 Rivendell Road '99 Heron Road '93 (or so) Trek 930 "allrounder" '89 RB1 '84 DeRosa/ Super Record '81 Trek 728... ...and about ten assorted others, plus those of my kids, spouse, etc.
CARS: '85 Volvo 240 '85 Toyota pickup (awaiting new cylinder head) '78 Mercedes 300D
See a pattern here?
Jeff Slotkin
TheLocalSpoke
Goose Creek, SC