>>1502766>old bike was a cheap Schwinn burner that I kept for 10 years>during COVID I finally get a good job, but all bike shops closed>all bike prices inflated dramatically due to COVID shortages + people gobbling them up for home use>lower back pain from bad ergo on existing bike gets bad enough that I say fuck it and buy an expensive bike from REI>went REI because of year return policy if it sucks + only LBS-level maintenance in area that isn't charging 200-300% markup on everything because of COVIDdid I fucked up /n/? I figure if I don't like it I can just return it-- as long as it's not trashed REI really does let you return anything within a year for nearly any reason. I've never spent this much on a bike though so I'm interested to see if it was worth it or if high price bikes are a meme.
