Insane? You don't know the half of it. I had a one-month period of getting one flat per day. That meant sewing and gluing every night by the fireside, with a pot of tea and fellow travelers. It was a conversation piece, for sure. People were puzzled at my odd craft.

The PX-10 probably was a good value, since it cost less than the campy-equipped bikes, so yeah, it was on the bottom of the price spectrum for that type of bike. But it was worth what you paid for it, i.e. not a cheapo compromise.