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Old 06-19-09, 08:36 AM
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wrk101
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Man, that is a sweet deal!

I have two basic rules on bicycles:

1. The hobby has to pay for itself (so flip sales must equal or exceed bikes kept, parts spending, etc).

2. To keep a bike, I have to retire (sell) one in the fleet. No fair growing the fleet. And the sale of one I retire needs to cover the cost of the addition. So it needs to be an upgrade, at least in my opinion, to be kept. This has kept things in check.

I did violate rule #2 when I added a Lotus Classique to my keeper fleet, but since I picked it up for $16, I have not gotten any flack on that.
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