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04-08-12 | 12:50 PM

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Retro Grouch

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From: St Peters, Missouri

Bikes: Catrike 559 I own some others but they don't get ridden very much.

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Originally Posted by 3 circles

-- However, here is my dilemma: My boyfriend insists he wants to build it for me. He is urging me to buy a new frame, switch the wheels I currently have on my Felt road bike (Mavic CXP's) to the one he wants to build. Then buy faster/lighter ones for my RB. He wants me to buy all the top of the line 10 speed components to build a "commuter/cyclo bike for commuting. -- Does this seem strange to anyone else?

I don't think that it's strange. It's just a variation of paying somebody else to have the fun of building up your bike.

Build it yourself and make him watch.

Last edited by Retro Grouch; 04-09-12 at 06:48 AM.

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