Not just to single out Elvo's remarks, but sometimes there are circumstances that encourage folks to put more money into a bike than it's really worth. It can be sentimental, a need for an immediate repair, desire to learn the mechanical side of bicycles, or any variety of reasons to upgrade a POS that's already owned.

If you wanna upgrade, go do it...it's your bike and money.

To learn more mechanics and ride while I did it, I put about $200 into a $25 vintage 60's dept. store 3 speed. Not sorry I did.



Oh, shoulda' checked in here before I spent another $18 replacing the clunky stem shown above. Damn, I waste a lot of money and time upgrading a turd.

When it's all said and done, it's YOUR bike, do what you need to do to keep YOU happy.