I had bike acquisition syndrome about 6 years back, rigorously adhering to the maximumBikes = n+1 rule.
carbon HTs, full sussers all of a racy XC flavour.
Then I hurt my knee and it kept me off the bike since then. In the interim I sold all my super-expensive gear and put together a old RockLobster HT. After I got over the shock…. and got rid of my bike snobbery I’ve really grown to love it. Sure it’s old an unfashionable but it goes like a rocket.
Now I’m beginning to ride again and I don’t want to replace it! I overtook a couple of riders on snazzy 29ers yesterday and just as I cleared the front wheel of the frontmost guy I heard him say to his friend “Shouldn’t have sold my 26er!”…. enter smug mode.
So! Benny’s important sunday moral. “Try it, you might surprise yourself and like it!”
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…..if not, you can buy another one when cash is a little more numerous!