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Road Cycling “It is by riding a bicycle that you learn the contours of a country best, since you have to sweat up the hills and coast down them. Thus you remember them as they actually are, while in a motor car only a high hill impresses you, and you have no such accurate remembrance of country you have driven through as you gain by riding a bicycle.” -- Ernest Hemingway

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Old 09-18-14 | 07:23 PM
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upgrade fever
is there a cure?
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Old 09-18-14 | 07:32 PM
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Old 09-18-14 | 07:45 PM
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Old 09-18-14 | 08:13 PM
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Yep. Destroy your computer, don't read any magazines, and wear a blindfold in your LBS.

Or just upgrade...
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Old 09-18-14 | 08:25 PM
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yes, there is a cure. but, it's so expensive, you'll come out cheaper just buying the new bike.
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Old 09-18-14 | 08:28 PM
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Old 09-18-14 | 08:39 PM
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If you have the financial capital, execute a hostile takeover of all the bike and component manufacturers worldwide. Then make yourself the official beta tester.
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Old 09-18-14 | 09:19 PM
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Appropriate avatar is appropriate.
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Old 09-18-14 | 09:22 PM
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Buy the perfect bike. Then you'll never want.
Doesn't work, at least with me. Now there's 11 speed electric, lighter aero wheels, more aero frames, and on and on. The perfect bike is perfect until newer things come out.
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Old 09-18-14 | 09:24 PM
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Old 09-18-14 | 09:42 PM
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Have more sex.
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Old 09-18-14 | 09:50 PM
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Old 09-19-14 | 09:41 AM
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step away from bikeforums.
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Old 09-19-14 | 10:44 AM
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Have more sex.
can't we do both?
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Old 09-19-14 | 11:17 AM
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can't we do both?
At the same time?
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Old 09-19-14 | 12:04 PM
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Old 09-19-14 | 12:11 PM
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Why fight it? Upgrades are so much fun.
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Old 09-19-14 | 03:23 PM
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is there a cure?
Yes , be satisfied with what you have.
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Old 09-19-14 | 04:06 PM
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Old 09-19-14 | 04:39 PM
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My Wilier started out with a mix of Chorus and Athena. It's almost all Super Record now. In my defense, everything taken off got used on a Kona Jake the Snake frame set I bought from Bikeman.com. But now I feel the need to replace any Athena parts on the JTS with Chorus. So, no, for me there is no cure.
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Old 09-19-14 | 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by caloso
Desire is the root of all suffering.

quoted for truth
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Old 09-19-14 | 09:42 PM
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can't we do both?
We? No.
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Old 09-19-14 | 09:45 PM
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Yes , be satisfied with what you have.
Very wise.
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Old 09-19-14 | 11:06 PM
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is there a cure?
Yes, but only on a bike by bike basis.
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Old 09-19-14 | 11:36 PM
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Originally Posted by caloso
Desire is the root of all suffering.
Not only that, desire is the force of life. So get a life that doesn't involve bikes.
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