Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike

Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by microtherion on Friday November 27, 2020 @07:47PM (#25234049)

Lots of hobbies (I want to say male hobbies, but presumably there are female examples as well) attract people buying equipment that cannot be objectively justified by the skill level of the practitioners buying it: The proverbial titanium head drivers in golf, fancy mics, amps, and instruments in music, tricked out hiking gear, etc.

This might be an increasing phenomenon in advanced middle age, as we have more money and less time to invest in our hobbies.

Signed, a guy who just bought a laser cutter today...

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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by 7952 on Saturday November 28, 2020 @02:34AM (#25235993)

Hiking gear can be remarkably impractical for most people most of the time. Backpacks that are not even waterproof without a cover. Boots that are heavy and "supportive" but mostly just increase fatigue. Top opening backpacks that have to be unloaded to get at something. And weird shapes that reduce the effective volume. Clothing that is too light for cold weather without a "base" and "shell".

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Re:Greg LeMond’s New 26 LB. Carbon Fiber Ebike by paulrd on Friday November 27, 2020 @08:20PM (#25234258)

Darn, I have a laser cutter for sale very cheap - let me know if you ever want / need another one.

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