Once upon a time, there was a girl named Megan. She loved her bike. It was so useful to her as a vehicle. It had a rack and fenders, fat tires, and mounts for lights on it. Then, one day, Megan decided that she wanted a faster bike. It was summer, and she had a really good paying internship, so she figured why not. She went to the bike shop and ended up buying a road bike. It was a lower-end road bike, but it still had super skinny tires and it was the lightest bike she had ever owned. It felt good to her. It was her first drop-bar bike, but it fit her really well. And it was fast. But it wasn't really a very functional bike. It didn't have braze-ons for a rack or fenders. It didn't even have a kick stand! When she was on the bike, she liked it a lot. When she was off it, it irritated her. What's the point of a bike if you can only ride it on weekends, and you can't even carry anything with you?! So, she went to her LBS and talked with the mechanics. They came up with some mods. And then...
She finally had a bike she could <3 (even though it still doesn't have a kick stand)
