I could understand feeling stuck with a frame you had dented yourself and talking yourself into keeping it. Your costs are sunk, it’s embarrassing, you don’t want to afford another, it might be ok...
But buying one?
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."