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Old 02-05-10, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by noglider
If that is a picture of you, JanMM, then you've been around bikes for about as long as I have, since you're wearing a Bell Biker in the picture. Back in the 70's, putting components on a frame was called building a bike, at least in my area (NYC).
Yes, that's me on a bridge over the Hudson near Pughkeepsie in 1981.............You've told me what I was interested in hearing - that folks have been saying 'building a bike' for quite a while.
A long history of popular usage confirms the status of an expression as 'correct'.
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