I have a bike without a rear suspention and it's raping my butthole every time I ride it. Paid like 500 € for it, Focus, don't know which model. Good bike but no rear suspention and I found out, after riding a friends bike that has it, that it's something I need in life.
I'm crazy about bikes, you should see the way I ride it. My frame is bent from all the shit it's been through and when I took it to the repair shop the guy didn't believe his eyes when he saw it...
I would just love to be able to go down mountain paths with crazy speeds, but that is something I can only dream of with the bike I currently own. Think it would either break in half or cause some serious hemeroids.
Buying a used bike is scary for me as I don't know much about them so someone could easily scamm me while a golden opportunity for a great bike might be around the corner and I wouldn't recognize it because who am I to know which bike is better than the other. To me they all look the same, no matter how stupid that may sound I just can't tell the difference between a 1k bike and a 10k bike.