Old 03-23-20, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bikemig
I like the bike but I'd have a hard time paying $6k plus for a bike. But I agree if i were going to go modern, it would be an adventure bike. Fat tires open up a lot of roads.
Yeah it's true. More than I paid for my actual OG René Herse tandem from '46. I was thinking of this as a "money no object" thing even though the OP didn't specify money stipulations.

I wonder how much quality I'd lose by ordering custom through one of the custom Ti builders in Taiwan instead.
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