Originally Posted by
eja_ bottecchia
The OP had a very legitimate question. The same question could be posed about most purchases: houses, cars, boats, motorcycles.
Why buy new/ expensive when an old/older one can be bought and restored.
Exactly (and I'm saying that in frustration). It's an age-old question that can be applied to many things where the many answers are quite OBVIOUS. So why bother posting it, and even have the temerity of saying "I don't get it." Either the OP is an idealistic teenager (which I doubt if he runs a Bike Kitchen), or is truly narrow-minded, or just completely ignorant of the society he lives in.