so I ran into an old friend yesterday, and he said he was looking for a road bike, and asked if I could help. I asked him what his budget was (thinking he was going to say 50-100 bucks) and he said $400. I rubbed my hands together and laughed evilly. How often to you get to spend $400 on a bike guilt free?

Not even 24 hours later, I had found the bike (for $300):







kinda a mishmash of components, but still some really nice stuff, 600 rd and crank (and shifters?), a 105 fd, dura ace 7800 brakes (?!), a selle san marco rolls saddle (which I think may be the only original thing on the bike) and coolest of all, dura ace tubular wheels.

needs a new front tire, but other than that, the thing looks like its in perfect shape. I'm so tempted to keep it for myself, but its a little small and really does fit my friend better.