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For example, I'm sure the average joe doesn't know just how expensive calligraphy pens can be, or how deep the rabbit hole goes on video game speedruns.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why would you not expect that to have a high ceiling either monetarily or in sheer skill? I mean bikes are expensive, and it's a sport practiced on a professional level.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because you can get a basic bike for like a couple of hundred quid and commute for years. It's just a basic transport type. Yet it grew into quite an absurd, dangerous and expensive hobby.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The bike is one thing, but you also need a mountain.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think it's a question of how high the ceiling can go. There are people who helicopter to the tops of mountains to drop into a downhill, and their ridiculously expensive bike will need many parts replaced at the end of it.