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Old 03-16-17 | 08:29 AM
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Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

Yeah, really, putting it back together is costly, so spend the money only if you enjoy it and understand that there are cheaper ways to get the same thing. It's like a game of "52 pickup," that fake card game where one tosses a deck of cards in the air and the other has to pick up the fallen cards one by one. One person has a complete bike and dismantles it and sells the components and the frame. Then lots of people (where this differs from 52 pickup) buy the pieces and reassemble bikes like the dismantled one. If I did that, I'd feel like the second (fool) player in 52 pickup, but clearly, not everyone does.
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