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Bikes: Foundry Chilkoot Ti W/Ultegra Di2, Salsa Timberjack Ti, Cinelli Mash Work RandoCross Fun Time Machine, 1x9 XT Parts Hybrid, Co-Motion Cascadia, Specialized Langster, Phil Wood Apple VeloXS Frame (w/DA 7400), R+M Supercharger2 Rohloff, Habanero Ti 26
Ok cool story I guess.
I would buy a Retrospect if I was a very infrequent once and a blue moon rider. Say I said "that Kent Thruster is a little too cheap and not D2C" then a Retrospec would be a bike. Gas pipes are great for piping gas but for a frame they are heavy and not a great ride (though steel so potentially a little better than a similar quality aluminum frame). Glad it worked out for this person but it would be a hard pass for me. I would rather have a State 4130 but I am a little biased because they did release a Black Sabbath Master of Reality kit and a Wu-Tang kit and bike and I like both of those bands so they won me over a bit with that. (I don't own either just FYI)