I'm not saying BD forces anybody to do anything. Just that because things are made in the same factory by the same people, they're not necessarily the same thing. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm essentially building up a Windsor Oxford 8 for my wife only using a vintage frame and vintage parts and spending way more than if I'd just bought that from them in the first place. If I'd had it to do over again and had all the cash at once, I would have just bought that for her and been done with it.
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Bikes: 1996 Eddy Merckx Titanium EX, 1989/90 Colnago Super(issimo?) Piu(?), 1990 Concorde Aquila(hit by car while riding), others in build queue "when I get the time"