Yep. A few years ago, I wanted to get my wife a bike. I thought it would also give me an excuse to build up a nice C&V bike. I bought everything used or as leftovers. I combed ebay, CL, and online sales. Every individual part was a huge bargain. It was a well used 1991 Bridgestone RB1 that I had stripped and powdercoated. I built it up with a mix of used 10speed Record, Chorus and Daytona parts.


In the end, I spent over $2000 on a bike she thinks is "pretty". But she does like the compliments from other bike nerds....