Were they nice to you at the road forums?

I say fix it as well. Maybe you can (a little) work on it yourself, like new brakepads or something. Where I live we pay in euros, and a regreasing of BB and axles would cost me about 30 to 40 of them at a certain bikeshop (called Aandewiel btw -'on the wheel' in english- ) a very oldfashioned lbs but specialised in old road and track bikes. His father and grandfather were wellknown cyclists back in the day, his grandfather was a national champion (track, long distance) in 1920.

If you have an lbs like this around, you're lucky. Otherwhise don't hesitate to spend some for repairing your bike, especially if you got some cash lying around, cause all bikeshops need the clientele.

When you do fix it, please post it here!