Originally Posted by
carleton
I assumed he was paying retail. He didn't mention any particular sales, hookups, employee discounts, or free stuff.
Until any new information comes available, all that we really can assume is that he's paying full retail. Right?
Well since he is starting with an old bike it is a pretty stupid assumption to assume he is going to replace everything on it with sparkly new stuff he bought at full retail price.
Most of the time a conversion will be better, cheaper and/or better suited to you then a complete bike.