hmmm I am going to check my target...
Its funny...
For every hobby, there are enthusiasts, and beginners... I can see this, in the way that I feel about building computer systems..
The really great enthusiasts are the ones that dont bad talk the lower end stuf.. they encourage beginners, and then the beginer may gain the love, and start getting into the funs stuff... if the beginner does not, then they still sin, because they havent shelled out a huge sum of money for somethign they wont use....
I know you are trying to be helpful BUT
all the talk of 3000$ or even 250$ as well as tune ups, scares people away.
Most of us just remember being a kid, and jumping on our little huffy's and riding all summer long... I didnt need a 500$ bike or a tune up then, and most of us dont now....