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Old 11-11-07, 11:29 PM
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billonmidwatch
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Location: Atlanta, Ga
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Bikes: road bikes '85 Italian steel 2x6, '95 USA titanium 2x9, '00 folder 1x7, '07 Taiwan carbon 2x10

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[QUOTE=werksmini;5594724]
On the Fio (total hodge podge)
-7 speed rear cassette with campy downtube shifters
-Record 10 Speed FD, Chorus BB and Crankset
-7 or 8 speed unknown RD campy
-Old Record brakes and levers
-Mavic MA40 wheels w/shimano hubs
-KEO sprints

On the Lemond
-nothing... it was my cousins training fixed gear so its pretty bare bones.
-Dura Ace threaded headset
-105 brake and levers (read brake)
-105 BB and crank
-Some track wheelset

If the Lemond is definitely better, then build it using the parts from the Fio, plus a few upgrades. Sell everything else, either via Ebay, or through some local club's classifieds, or swap meet. Also talk to the mechanics at a couple of bike shops, they may swap you a pair of used brifters for the track wheels. Visit a pawn shop, or estate sale in a nice part of town -- it's a long shot, but you may stumble across a good used bike, or at least a bike with good used parts. Make a plan, make a list, then post here what last bits you need. You make get lucky and someone may send you a gift. We were all "just starting out", starving students, etc. once too.

Post this same "sob story" on a hard core triathlon forum (except say you're trying out for the triathlon team). In my experience many triathletes are as big, or bigger, bike gear snobs, and are likely to have upgraded parts on a bike, which means they have a perfectly useable pair of Ultegra brifters on a shelf in the garage, simply because they wanted DuraAce.

Don't spend big for fancy wheels, these are the most likely to be trashed if you're in a wreck.
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