The bottom line is : "It's all good!". I confess that I like higher end stuff, but what is important is that we DO ride, not WHAT we ride. That is our common thread. I am brand new to this group, and I have noticed that there seems to be no shortage of great bike people on this forum.
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
- Lance Armstrong