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Originally Posted by Milice
I am going to have to chime in fro the owner here. We have had to explain to customersthat there bike is not worth fixing. Why put a hundred bucks in parts in a bike that costs 70.00 retail and then figure in the price of labor. (not saying you bars and stem was 100.000). Somwtimes ths stuff isnt worth it.
So explain it to the customer and let them decide what they want to spend their money on. I ride an old Raleigh Sports beater with a brand new Brooks saddle that cost more than 5 times what the bike did, so I guess I am an idiot? BTW nothing says the parts I put an old beater bike today won't end up on a new build tomorrow

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