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Old 01-18-14 | 09:02 AM
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Bikes: 88 Trek 800 - gone to new cheeks; '14 Trek 1.2 - aka The X1 Advanced; '13 Trek 3500 Disc

Originally Posted by jj1091
I'd lean towards building up a vintage bike. It really takes little time and you can always build one for much less than the cost of a new bike, as everyone here will tell you. But, it seems that none of us are happy with any single bike, and have multiple bikes. I'd sell the Conti and use that money to start your build (since you don't like its performance anyway).
I wish I could sell the Conti....but in its current pretzel shape not many people would buy it lol. I backed into it a few months back so starting fresh.

Thanks for the tips and info so far, currently standing in line early to get into a local bike swap. Might score the frame today who knows.
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