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Jiyang Chen said:

According to the wisemen of rbr, the $6000 Colnago C50 is just as fast as my Trek 2000, except
that the "experience" is different, which is well worth the extra 5100 bucks.

A bike is like a car, which can "feel fast", but is only a "perception and a feeling".

The "experience" people refer to is not the sensation of speed. I have a Bianchi Campione, which
falls roughly in the same price group as your Trek. It's a nice bike, but I see plenty of little
things that could be improved on it. Now, all these little things come with a price tag, and since
comparatively few people care about these little things, the price tag gets high pretty fast. Some
folks think that the "experience" is worth the price jump, some because they place that much value
in beautiful mechanics, and some for bragging rights too.

By the same token, a $20 WalMart watch, a $100 Swatch, and a $1000 Rolex all give the time just as
well, yet some folks will chose to pay 5 times or 50 times the price for basically the same
functionality. You could say the same thing about the "experience" of fine food vs. Chef Boyardee.

Your Trek is a nice bike, enjoy riding it, and don't be bothered by the fact that other folks are
willing to blow more mony for little objective added value.

jyh.

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"Jiyang Chen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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According to the wisemen of rbr, the $6000 Colnago C50 is just as fast as

my

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Trek 2000, except that the "experience" is different, which is well worth the extra 5100 bucks.

A bike is like a car, which can "feel fast", but is only a "perception and

a

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feeling".

Steven Gee is a mechanic for mail trucks, not Lance and his pals.

And being less wise than the wisemen of rbr, we must believe them.

There's nothing wrong with your Trek 2000 for sure. But there are discernable differences if they
make any difference in a real sense.

I have an Atala world championship cyclocross bike from circa '89. It's a great bike and I really
like it. It's fun to ride. I also have a LeMond Poprad and let me tell you, there's no comparison.
The LeMond is probably 4 lbs. lighter. It FEELS lighter. It shifts nicer even though they are both
barend shifters.

My Eddy Merckx EX ti bike feels tremedously different from my Vitus 992 aluminum bike. I like them
both but I can feel a difference even though if you measure you can't see any differences. My Basso
Lotto is a great ride. My Colnagos are great.

I can't say that any of them are better than your Trek because they ain't. But I like every one of
them and every one of them is unique in it's own way. Even the Bottechia, the Gitane and the Santa
Cruz. Did I mention the Merckx Corsa 0.1?

Does any of this make my experience on the bike better than yours? Hell no. I just like bicycles.
You might just like to ride.

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

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By the same token, a $20 WalMart watch, a $100 Swatch, and a $1000 Rolex all give the time just as
well, yet some folks will chose to pay 5 times or 50 times the price for basically the same
functionality. You could say the same thing about the "experience" of fine food vs. Chef Boyardee.

Actually, the $1k mechanical Rolex would be hard pressed to be as accurate as the cheaper
quartz watches.
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Alex

"Alex Rodriguez" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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By the same token, a $20 WalMart watch, a $100 Swatch, and a $1000 Rolex all give the time just
as well, yet some folks will chose to pay 5 times or 50 times the price for basically the same
functionality. You could say the same thing about the "experience" of fine food vs. Chef
Boyardee.

Actually, the $1k mechanical Rolex would be hard pressed to be as accurate as the cheaper quartz
watches.
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Alex

I was at the market the other day and my eye spotted cans of Chef B's spaghetti. Hadn't had any in
about 40 years so I bought a can and tried it with my daughter. Pretty disgusting stuff. She asked
me to please micro some macaroni and cheese and make spaghetti from scratch next time.