It does help if you think of your bike as a constellation of your favorite parts in formation and you will be replacing them as needed... not The Bike that is made of a thousand or more in parts.
We ran into a pinch with medical and daycare and I don't think I've made a bike purchase more than a tire in about a year. Just keeping it running. But there was a trip to Tahoe...
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Genesis 49:16-17