Originally Posted by
pdlamb
So how many miles per penny of original cost did that add up to?
The frame I believe was $100 purchased october 2011, then add in all the piece parts, probably around $350 in total. But that was while living in china, with overnight delivery from the world's bicycle component factory floor. The poor dear saw duty in central and southern China, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore and Vietnam, with some pretty rough terrain in parts.
Won't be fixing this one, it's a goner. Maybe I'll just hang it on the wall, make a helmet/gloves rack. Fortunately, I've got my LKLM 700cc that I built up just before leaving China. Still almost new.
Unfortunately, I'm in Thailand where bike parts are mostly curiosities. Half the time I order on Lazada, and get stuff drop-shipped from China. spent a couple hours last night searching for a new frame to transfer the parts onto, but, well, in the land of 5-foot rice farmers, the 6-foot hansum man has to drive a toyota.