Originally Posted by
Andy_K
I've read your thread. You've done an awful lot to that bike, which is great. I still think you'd have been better off starting with a bike that had higher initial quality.
Maybe. It's true that I've added a lot. But had I gone the other way, would I have learned how to work on my bike so well? Would I have learned how to choose each component for my needs? Maybe, maybe not. But when all is said and done, I know every bolt, bearing, cable, noise and vibration on that bike, because of all the time I spent on it. That's something you can't buy in any store.
Food for thought.
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