Originally Posted by
KerryIrons
Not to sound too harsh, but I feel like I bought the right bike in the first place. And that goes for my previous two bikes. I replaced things when they wore out, and tires have gotten marginally better over the nearly 300K miles I've put on those three bikes. They all rode/ride great and there are no miracles if you start from the right place.
IKR. Aside from my touring bike and one bike I bought off a friend to use as a bad weather road bike, I haven't bought an off-the-shelf bike in forever. All of my road bikes from 1991 on were speced by me (with assistance from LBS) and built from the frames up.