Originally Posted by
EjustE
I think that one can procure one of these at about a fifth of the cost as a whole bike and be equally as happy:
That is a new vs used apples and oranges argument. This is only going to derail this topic into the typical "inefficient used market" "over priced new goods" argument. The VO build kit compares well against current NEW offerings and not quite as well to the $20.00 Pinerello. We can compare it to a 93 Bridgestone as soon as you get your time machine up and running.
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