I chuckled

[Peter Korsten]

Martin Naef schreef:

> Well, it's one of these things where the ultimate quality gives you this 
> reassuring feeling of owning something great, a source of joy, that 
> objectively is just way too expensive for what it delivers in terms of 
> real-world performance. Pressurising your tires properly gives a lot 
> more speed than 1kg less weight...

And proper tyres. My mountain/city bike has special 'city' tyres, which 
have practically no profile, similar to a racing car or motorcycle. 
Can't remember what the price was, but nothing out of this world, pretty 
much like any other tyre on such a bike.

- Peter