aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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Right, but if your wheel fails in Timbuktu, you can at least get a new wheel. It might be a 3-speed wheel or a 1-speed wheel, but you can get going. Or you could buy a new bike. I was almost faced with that decision in the middle of my three-month tour, and it would not have been a disaster. It would have left me with less money, so I'd spend a little less time before my trip ended, but still not a disaster.