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Old 05-06-09 | 12:27 PM
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From: n.w. superdrome

Bikes: 1 trek, serotta, rih, de Reus, Pogliaghi and finally a Zieleman! and got a DeRosa

What bike Won't you upgrade . . .

. . . past period correct, and why?

This is in response to some of the posts in this thread:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=538669

I'll start (makes sense since it's my thread).

I will not upgrade my RIH, thats it. why? When I bought the bike it came with
Campagnolo matching patent 74 components. It just doesn't ask for more
than replacing perishable items like tires and bar tape.
The only thing I might do is replace the SR crankset for a Nuovo Record crankset.
The SR crank was commonly chosen as a cost cutting measure in the Netherlands
from what I understand.

That said, none of my bikes are particularly 'collectable' or noteworthy, one has
provenance but it came repainted and so basta*dized the builder wouldn't recognize it, so
I hold no particular affinity to keep them in as original condition as possible.

So where do you draw your personal line?

Marty
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