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Old 02-27-13 | 03:08 AM
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dabac
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Originally Posted by Jbone78
Dabac, you are correct. I did not mean that I was going to arbitrarily start replacing parts. Sorry if that is the way I sounded.
Hey, it's your time, and your money. Nothing to apologize for.
But it's a regular thing that we see here, so I thought I'd warn you about it.
A guy starts with an entry-level bike, gets the bug, and starts throwing money at it. Tries to make it into something it isn't.
Eventually he's racked up enough experience to see that the bike is never going to become the bike he wants, at which point he has sunk so much money into it that he hasn't got the heart (or the money) to cut his losses and start over. Not a nice place to end up.

Fight the upgrade urge. Replace only as needed, what's broken, what doesn't fit you. Get yourself a jar, label it "New bike". Everytime you get the itch, stuff money into the jar until the itch has faded.
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