On the ride home I already had made the downpayment with the intent to pick up the bike the next day. One the best decisions I ever made!
I work in tech but my education was in mechanical engineering and I appreciate the little microcosm of precision manufacturing, materials science, and craftsmanship that goes into a rube Goldberg mechanical movement.
So I don’t really own them for any specific purpose and I just buy them when I feel like it.
I sometimes get one just to have fun with collegues after lunch.
Didn’t go over well with the wife.
Worth it.