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Old 04-29-02 | 06:42 PM
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There is quite a bit to be said for putting your bike together.

Not exactly garage sale but I did piece my Basso together. Biggest score was the S. Record group from an ad at Campy-Only. Figure I got about $5-600 into it counting some more expensive than planned automotive paint.

Could I have found an upper-tier vintage Italian complete and ready for that money. Maybe, probably..with some patience.

But.....

It wouldn't be my bike in the way this Basso is. I screwed it together, I painted it, I applied the repop decals, well you get the idea. Even if I had sunk substantially more into the project it'd still have been money well spent IMO

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