People Change, Bikes Change

My buddy and I converted his old hardtail to a singlespeed last weekend and he sent me this awesome pic from Sedona.

It got me thinking, bikes are like people.  They change.  Bikes can grow in the sense that things get added to them.  Dropper posts, upgraded wheels, forks, GPS, stickers, carbon stuff.  Bikes can go minimalist anti-stuff, like when they get converted to singlespeeds and get rigid forks.  They can become mini-vans with panniers and trailers to haul work stuff to work, kids to the park, or beer to parties.  One bike can go through all of these phases, be all of these things and still basically be the same bike.