[CR]Re: NY Times story on (slightly) pricey bicycles

I wouldn't buy one of these new, super expensive bicycles, but you need to consider that many of the bicycles loved by members of this list were once considered unnecessarily ostentatios and expensive. You could actually say the same thing about a fair number of KOF bicycles with ultra-fancy lug work.

Also, there seems to be some sentiment that none of these bicycles will be considered classic in 30 years. That's debatable - but there really is no way to predict which ones will achieve that status. Anyway, why all the rancor towards the buyers of these bikes. I often see people driving to the office at 55mph in Ferraris, Porshes and even Astin-Martins. Clearly the drivers rarely - if ever - go faster than I do in a Subaru. But they don't seem to engender the same ire that has been expressed towards the owners of these bicycles. Is owning a pair of $10,000 bicycles any more rediculous that owning 20 $1000 bicycles? Is it a crime to own a replica of Eddie Merckx's hour record bike if you can only ride 20 miles in an hour?
      Stay cool my friends,
      Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)