Do you ride a spendy bike?

Through an interesting turn of events, my old bike got wrecked and now I'm rolling on some new spendy hardware, a 2010 Specialized Epic Marathon 29er, I know, not an ideal city bike-but wow, great brakes!

I'm just wondering if any of the rest of ya out there use a valuable bike as your daily-driver?

I really, really do my best to NOT live in fear, but I'm beginning to consider how wise it is to ride this thing everyday? And if you are not reading between the lines, I'm concerned about getting my skinny ass knocked off of it, and it becoming someone else's possession in a very unhappy moment. I'm usually moving at a pretty fast pace, and also hyper-aware of my surroundings, but ya never know!

I plan to get something much less expensive to ride more regularly, but I'm waiting for a little cash to free up.

Thanks~

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Permalink Reply by Jason Figler on June 8, 2011 at 7:14pm

Yeah...I'm with everyone on NOT leaving a spendy bike locked up...we're all fancy pants at work and have a bike room which makes it so nice to be able to ride this thing and not worry about it being out on the street.

But yes, wrong place wrong time...and even a not-so-spendy bike will disappear!

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Permalink Reply by Joe Willis on June 8, 2011 at 11:25pm

I have about 2K in my current daily and HATE locking it up. I am currently in the market for a beater I can lock up and not have to check on it every 15 min.

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on June 8, 2011 at 11:56pm

I wouldn't ride a $2500 road/touring bike and leave it locked outside but after riding my POS circa 1990's Trek all winter a smooth,fast riding fixie is so much better.

Like we've mentioned before spend $40 on a U lock cable lock the other wheel, or lock the 2 together take the seat off.