^ Canuk: "....when your average club rider can blow £3k on a Sunday ride carbon bike, clearly it's not a lot of money to an awful lot of people."
Yes, there will be a few like that even on this a.m.'s CTC Easy Ride, but I guess some will be on the C Card, not cash. And many of the riders have no particular interest in BIKES, only the cycling. Even more true with the many roadies I'll see out this a.m.
I love such bikes, but if I had 3 grand for a bike, wouldn't be that. Where would I ride it? Would it ride better than a modern carbon machine (no)?
Bikes are for riding, all weathers, not "collecting".
Today I'll be on my 10 y.o. Brompton.....