Doug Fattic wrote:
> People will spend a half million or more on a car, why not $10,000 on a
> bicycle frame? Am I the only one that ponders this?
>
They are not spending half a mil because it's superior transportation. It's no better at getting from A to B than a VW Beetle and likely spends far more time in the shop.
They are spending half a mil because they want something that is clearly
recognizable as obscenely expensive to the average schlub standing
curbside and screams out that the owner could wipe his a$$ with $100
bills, should he so choose. It's just a variant on the high school
locker room "mine's bigger than yours" game. Tom the Dancing Bug
http://www.salon.com/
Just build a bicycle that practically yells out that the owner had more money than God and is better hung to boot and you could charge a hundred grand for it...and have a waiting list, even if it's made from popsicle sticks.
Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee
USA