$5000 Inheritance!!
09-01-08, 07:09 PM
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$5000 Inheritance!!
IF I inherited $5000 and could spend it on a new bike, what's the lightest, "relaxed geometry" road bike out there for me? Just dreaming, but someday...
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Nothing like hoping for the death of a loved one so you can buy a new bike.
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09-01-08, 07:14 PM
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Thanks, Mike.
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i don't know about an inheritance, but for a relaxed geometry frame i'd check out the LOOK 585 optimum.
i'd also being waiting to see what else 2009 brings.
i'd also being waiting to see what else 2009 brings.
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Originally Posted by voldemort
IF I inherited $5000 and could spend it on a new bike , what's the lightest, "relaxed geometry" road bike out there for me? Just dreaming, but someday...
09-01-08, 07:19 PM
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I am shocked you haven't fired up the batphone to give me a call.....
For you....I would forget the relaxed geometry thing. You don't need it. But....if you insist then look into a Cervelo R3 (?), or even a Giant OCR C....
....and of course just order the frame and have your wrench put it together for you
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Try reading his post again. Unless inheritances suddenly come from some source other than the death of a loved one, he would appear to be "dreaming" (his words, that's what quotes mean) of a day when a loved one dies and leaves him a bunch of money.
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09-01-08, 07:24 PM
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I'm quite adept and reading and comprehension. The OP started off with a large IF. To me that means this is highly hypothetical and he is not wishing for a death so he can buy a bike. He would have been better off saying "What if I found $5000.00 on the side of a road..." but he's not wishing someone dead.
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Thanks, Mike.
09-01-08, 07:25 PM
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G-man. Dial up a Seven, Indy Fab, or any other custom ride. They'll get you as relaxed a geometry as you could wish for.
You deserve it.
Edit.... Get thee to the Waterford plant up in Wisconsin. It's only 90 minutes north of you!
You deserve it.
Edit.... Get thee to the Waterford plant up in Wisconsin. It's only 90 minutes north of you!
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Knowing the OP personally I can unequivocally tell you that he's not wishing for anyone to die. Period.
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2009 Roubaix SL.
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Sometimes I wish everyone would die, then I could just walk around and pick up all the stuff I want. My neighbor has a really nice car, I may start with that.
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I'm quite adept and reading and comprehension. The OP started off with a large IF. To me that means this is highly hypothetical and he is not wishing for a death so he can buy a bike. He would have been better off saying "What if I found $5000.00 on the side of a road..." but he's not wishing someone dead.
Thanks, Mike.
Thanks, Mike.
And to actually contribute to the post: I'm going with the 2009 Roubaix SL.
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I'm quite adept and reading and comprehension. The OP started off with a large IF. To me that means this is highly hypothetical and he is not wishing for a death so he can buy a bike. He would have been better off saying "What if I found $5000.00 on the side of a road..." but he's not wishing someone dead.
Thanks, Mike.
Thanks, Mike.
incorrect.
thanks.
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Hey guys...knowing the OP personally as well...he did experience a death in the family a while back. I think the hypothetical in this case is more centered around the possibility of there being a chunk of the inheritance available for a bicycle purchase instead of the myriad of other worthy things to spend it on.
...but thanls for questioning where he was coming from on this one. Let me assure you he is not wishing for anyone's death.....except for maybe the boy that we caught kissing his daughter upon return from one of our rides this summer.
Volde....I'll hold him down.
...but thanls for questioning where he was coming from on this one. Let me assure you he is not wishing for anyone's death.....except for maybe the boy that we caught kissing his daughter upon return from one of our rides this summer.
Volde....I'll hold him down.
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Hey guys...knowing the OP personally as well...he did experience a death in the family a while back. I think the hypothetical in this case is more centered around the possibility of there being a chunk of the inheritance available for a bicycle purchase instead of the myriad of other worthy things to spend it on.
...but thanls for questioning where he was coming from on this one. Let me assure you he is not wishing for anyone's death.....except for maybe the boy that we caught kissing his daughter upon return from one of our rides this summer.
Volde....I'll hold him down.
...but thanls for questioning where he was coming from on this one. Let me assure you he is not wishing for anyone's death.....except for maybe the boy that we caught kissing his daughter upon return from one of our rides this summer.
Volde....I'll hold him down.
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