You Can't Take it With You
A few years ago I had a conversation with two people about the expense of my mountain bike. When I stated the cost of the bike, one of them had a total blowout and was upset because I robbed the family coffer of valuable resources. Noticing that he was already overweight and had several significant health conditions involving his heart and his pancreas I made the comment that the amount of money that I spent on my bicycle was very likely less than the co-pays on all the medications that he had been taking. As you can imagine, that went over really big. The other guy listening to the conversation knew the point that I was attempting to make and asked where he could go to buy such a fine machine, and what would it take to get into biking. To this day he still rides! He is a lot healthier for it and finds it fun and amusing for his body and soul. Well worth the investment. Probably nobody likes spending money on equipment for triathlons. It is an expensive sport. There is ...