Happiness is a point

Ritchey P-29er.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ritchey-P29-15-Sid-XX-fork-XTR-New-wheels-ridden-twice-/271242853978?pt=AU_Cycling_New_&hash=item3f27557e5a&_uhb=1 

Finally a steel hardtail that ticks all the right boxes. Retro cool paint (tick), the flexibility of sliding dropouts (tick), the confidence of a through-axle fork and lock-on grips (tick) and the practicality of a 2x10 drivetrain (tick). 
TIG-welded in Taiwan. Designed by a legend.

For true believers and die-hard retrogrouches there was this:

1990 fillet-brazed Ritchey P-23 Team.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Rare-TOM-RITCHEY-P23-TEAM-fillet-brazed-frame-fork-vtg-mtb-classic-retro-klein-/281135155632?_uhb=1&pt=US_Bicycles_Frames&hash=item4174f609b0&nma=true&si=VTGtIuReOyTVyMf0PiUkj8MiCKQ%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 

A mate once told me that “happiness is a point”. It is the convergence of "want", "need" and “have”. 

Happiness according to Jim. 

I want a Ritchey. I already have a mountain bike. I need to get off ebay.