Originally Posted by SweetSammy

Greeting and salutations from Tacoma, WA.

I've been riding for 20 years, and raced a little when I was a teen. Now I ride when I can, which basically means when the baby situation allows. I'm riding a ten year old LeMond Buenos Aires with 105s all around, and I like it well enough.

My current obsession is building a bike and racing it. If anyone has any suggestions or warnings on building a first bike or the racing scene (such as it is in Tacoma) fire away. I can take the abuse

Before I build or race anything, however, I'll need to shake off the slowness...