Poll: Do you race your 'expensive' bike?
03-18-05, 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Voodoo76
This begs the followup question, why own the expensive Bike? I guess it boils down to those who view Bikes as tools and those who view them as collectibles or works of art or something.
03-18-05, 04:46 PM
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Ugh. This thread gives me the willies. Tomorrow I'm entering a Cat5 crit and it's predicted to rain with 25 mph gusts. I'll be riding my expensive bike. I think I'm going to either stay way up front or way down back.
03-18-05, 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by caloso
Ugh. This thread gives me the willies. Tomorrow I'm entering a Cat5 crit and it's predicted to rain with 25 mph gusts. I'll be riding my expensive bike. I think I'm going to either stay way up front or way down back.
03-18-05, 05:51 PM
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