Don’t worry Fatty, I feel your pain.
I want to buy about every bike I see. Okay, not every bike, but definitely a road bike, two mountain bikes, and a fixie/single speed or two. I’ve been looking at Matt Chester’s stuff ever since I started reading about single-speed bikes. As far as getting a road bike, I’m in the same exact boat. I want something I’m going to be able to put some serious mileage on. I definitely need to get back into mountain biking too, but I’m just not sure I’d want some big fat dual suspension beast. Of course, a duallie is always nice in certain situations!
One thing I know I don’t need on any of my bikes are super-sick components (which is bound to cut the cost a lot). Let me put it this way, I don’t care if my pedals weigh 195 or 250 grams. A better way of saying that is that even 7 pounds of extra weight on the bike isn’t worth doubling or tripling the price.