Paul that is well said, and as we watch children starve in many nations including our own. What is the thought process here? It speaks volumes about both of them as individuals, but sadly shows how unconcerned people that can make a difference really are. I pray for true unity and peace daily, I sure hope someday to see it. Courtney cmon!

The way I see it – any bike is better than no bike! Plus bike = better than any vehicle using external sources of energy!
does anyone really expect jennifer aniston to only wear clothes from walmart and give the rest of her money to charity instead of purchasing an outrageously expensive ball gown when going to some award show? just because she is a famous person??
i will take the hat off for her if she actually uses that bike – maybe it would suceed her to make bicycling hip, even in the US!
go girl!

GREEN IS THE NEW RED, WHITE AND BLUE.
JUST THINK OF THE IMPACT IF JUST 50 NEW PEOPLE EACH DAY RODE THEIR BIKES INSTEAD OF DRIVING. GREAT EXAMPLES FOR AMERICAN YOUTH.

12K to them is like $50 to us. She should have the best money can buy–we get the best we can too. Putting her down or making her look bad if she doesn’t give it all away is petty and childish–pure jealousy. BTW, Jennifer and Courteny do plenty for charity. Enjoy your ride!

WTF Chanel makes bikes?! o_o

The first thing people say is, “what about the starving kids” and “just think what $12,000.00 could do for the poor”. Has anyone thought that just maybe they donated $12,000.00 or $112,000.00? Do they have to give away every cent they make to be a good person or to think about others? Just because they spend alot of money on things must cant afford does not mean they do not give away alot as well. People need to stop saying things until they have all the facts. I give to charity, but it does not stop me form buying $200.00 or $300.00 jeans every once in a while or sunglasses at $285.00 a pop. This does not mean I am selfish!

I would love to spend the weekend with both Jennifer and this bike.

Are you people serious. They are worth millions and worked hard for their money. If they want to get a $12,000 dollar bike who cares. The cost of that bike compared to their net worth is probably like me taking my wife out for a nice dinner. We all have our toys and our over indulgences me included. Look we all have the internet, another luxury. Unless your a nun working in India, get off your high horse.

Kudos for her, especially if she uses it.

As far as the $12,000.00 They have earned the right to spend as much as they like on whatever tickles their fancy. I wasn’t aware of any “Shopping Police Squad”.

Isn’t this what the politicians are preaching these days. Spend to boost the economy. Although I wish I could inflate my prices that much.

I have been a bike fanatic for over 35 yrs. At 13, my friends and I were riding 15 miles each way to spend the day at the lake.

I have regularly rode as a daily thing my entire adult life. Not the speedy spandex wearing type of riding.

Bought a Schwinn Deluxe 5 speed tandem in 1974. 78lbs of Fun. I took it from the East Coast to Alaska, to Hawaii….It was a great Babe magnet in Waikiki…
(Got one of those fancy lightweights in 1985. It cost $1500.00 wholesale, custom built myself. But uncomfortable as hell.
I sold it a few years later for $300.00 and went back to the Tandem.)

Everyone brags on the lightweight, which I agree was like riding on air, but the tandem at 78 lbs, gives me a better work out. Especially riding alone.

The Wife and I use it year round, and never take the car anymore if our destination is within 4 miles one way.

We even have one of them kiddy trailers, so we can take all we need for a day at the beach, or to do our grocery shopping.

With the price of gas, we probably save hundreds each year. Plus have alot of fun, that never seems like exercise.

Everyone should have a bike. And ride it.

More than likely they give far more time and money, than the average person, to charitable causes.
Don’t compare yourselves to the wealthy, you don’t have an accurate gage.
I would hate for someone to tell me how to spend the money I earned.

These responses and comments kill me. Every single one of you on here that comment about how selfish this is, what that money could be used for, etc., would do the exact same thing. These people have worked hard for their money. Granted, it’s an obscene amount they got paid, but it’s theirs. Let them do as they please. Every single one of you on here would buy expensive extravagent things given the chance. They do do things for the underprivileged, but they are entitled to treat themselves if and when they can and want to. So, get off their backs and put your little green monsters away!

I think people should worry about what they donate themselves. How much time or money do they give to charity every year themselves. They sit around complaining about what other people spend but they never get off the butts and donate 5 minute of their own time to help out

live well, give often, thank god its not you starving or suffering from stupid medical condition.

I am interested in this bike. I want to see it, I wonder what it like.

I Love It…….Lucky Gal…..

I guess she won’t be locking that up outside Starbucks?

Seriously, though, 36 lbs? That’s a heavy bike, and heavy bikes are less fun to ride. For that much money, better to get a 3k carbon frame bike and a 9K Chanel messenger bag.

i wish!

To those talking about how the funds could have better served a charity, I ask this question…

Do you smoke cigarettes or drink fancy coffee? Smokes at $4 + per pack or fancy coffee at $4 + per cup, multiplied the number consumed in a year is also a hefty amount that could benefit charity. Yet, no one is telling you to give up your hobbies (or bad habits) and use those funds for charity.

The thing is, you can say “Oh, thats absurd,” all you want, but you really don’t know if you would or wouldn’t throw your money around like that if you had it. Not having it, you have no idea what you would eventually buy. I think the bike is awesome. I’d probably buy it if I had the money. You don’t see people jumping up and down about people spending more money than usual on a really nice care; even if that is comparing apples and oranges.