Help me decide what to do
09-07-08 | 06:33 PM
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Help me decide what to do
Right now I have my team fuji, my beater, and my masi frame. The masi frame has a seatpost, a new saddle, new campy xenon dual pivot brakes, a campy BB and headset. To get the masi on the road, I was going to buy a veloce group from PBK for ~400-500 and mavic open pro wheels for ~250. That's quite a bit more investment. I could also swap most of the fuji's stuff onto the masi frame, or put the nice saddle and brakes on the fuji and sell the masi frameset on ebay (not sure what it's worth).
What should I do? I don't know if I'll have the money to build up the masi for a while.
What should I do? I don't know if I'll have the money to build up the masi for a while.
09-10-08 | 11:52 PM
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Are you crazy?!?!? Keep the Masi! They are not exactly a dime a dozen. Horse trade for parts, buy a donor bike for spare change, donate blood! Get that mamba jamba on the road. Upgrade parts as you go.
09-11-08 | 12:00 AM
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09-11-08 | 12:03 AM
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09-11-08 | 06:22 AM
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eBay is your answer. Let the market decide. Start the auction at $1.00 and set the reserve for something you feel comfortable with.
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09-11-08 | 07:16 AM
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You already have your answer, I'll quote you:
Sounds like you'd miss the Masi more than the Fuji as well.
Keep the Masi, ride the Masi, cannibalize the Fuji and build up the Masi.
You already know the answer - Masi.
I could also swap most of the fuji's stuff onto the masi frame
The masi is cool and I want to ride it ... if I just switched the fuji parts over to it.
Whatever one I use will be ridden hard and raced like they should be.
The masi would be a better racing frame too
Keep the Masi, ride the Masi, cannibalize the Fuji and build up the Masi.
You already know the answer - Masi.
09-11-08 | 09:16 AM
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If you haven't had the Masi built up yet, you might build it up with the Fuji parts to see if you even like it before you spend a bunch on new parts. I've had a couple of bikes that didn't ride the way I had in mind, but I didn't learn that until after they were put together. You can't feel how a bike is going to ride until you have it on the road.
