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The £3K training bicycle

fred246 · 2017-05-19 05:33:36

I was in the gym a few weeks ago. A bloke was trying to tell his friend that it was essential to pay £3k for a 'training bike'. Only an idiot would spend less etc etc etc. It sounded silly because 1.You felt that if a bike shop had charged him £3K for a £200 bike he would have been happy. 2.My dad used to tell me about his…

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thescouselander Posts: 5,547 Forumite

21 May 2017 at 8:57AM

Mr_Singleton wrote: »

If you want to be an ****** about it then your £12k bike is an el cheapo compared to say a Litespeed Blade at £32,000 which is chicken feed compared to the Cervelo Chrome at £122,000 or if that's too cheap for you then how about the Trek Madone Butterfly at £385,000.

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I entirely agree and think you've just reinforced the point

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