Originally Posted by
borobike
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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I feel the same way about the low end lbs bike I bought off CL for $100. Heck, I'm thinking about getting a new (to me) headset for it at some point just so that I can experience swapping out/servicing that as well. When all that's original are the frame, fork and bolts for bottle holders, it'll still be a heavy old bike, but it'll be a heavy old bike that I know every part is correctly installed and I'll know how to service each and every part on it. Plus, it'll all be parts I've chosen specific too me.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"