Originally Posted by slopvehicle

I got an all-office email a couple of months ago that said "Who parked the one-speed trainer outside?"

I replied to him and he was all "Sell me your bike!" I said no thanks-- I happen to use the damn thing. Then "Why not? Use the money to buy yourself a better bike. What, do you have some sort of sentimental attachment?" Was this about to get ugly?

I sent him links to FGG and Sheldon's site, told him I'd built it up myself and that he should do the same conversion dealy. But no, he didn't have the time or "space" to do that. So I sent him links to the Pista, Mark V, 9-2-5, etc-- but those were too expensive. He wanted my bike. I doubt he ever considered that the $150 he offered me would barely cover another cheap wheelset. He said he used to race road bikes and train on fixed. But money don't grow on trees, holmes. And road bikes don't just convert themselves.

I briefly considered offering to build something for him, but then realized that I don't like the guy. I'd be flattered to build a bike for a friend, but I really couldn't see why I'd put out that much effort for Captain Arrogance. Not to mention that the dude probably makes 3x my salary.