Rationalizations...your farthest "reach" on a purchase.
02-24-16, 10:03 PM
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02-24-16, 10:04 PM
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02-24-16, 10:05 PM
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02-24-16, 10:06 PM
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"They're so much cheaper than new bikes."
02-25-16, 12:44 AM
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If you saw my first wife you'd understand how I could have rationalized such a bad decision.
02-25-16, 12:55 AM
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If I were to part it out then the frame is actually free? Like that's gonna happen..... Lmao.
02-25-16, 02:11 AM
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I just did this one, for a 650b Toei Randonneur:
1) It's exactly my size.
2) Last time I saw one of these was two years ago & it was going for three times as much.
3) Expensive as it is, I'm still getting it at a 75% discount (cost of commissioning the frame + the trip to Japan, renting a car, hiring an interpreter, and spending three days in Saitama while they measure me).
4) I won't (didn't) have to wait several years on their build cue.
5) It'll still be a once-in-a-lifetime project.
That said (and to recall Eric Cartman at Casa Bonita): it was TOTALLY worth it.
1) It's exactly my size.
2) Last time I saw one of these was two years ago & it was going for three times as much.
3) Expensive as it is, I'm still getting it at a 75% discount (cost of commissioning the frame + the trip to Japan, renting a car, hiring an interpreter, and spending three days in Saitama while they measure me).
4) I won't (didn't) have to wait several years on their build cue.
5) It'll still be a once-in-a-lifetime project.
That said (and to recall Eric Cartman at Casa Bonita): it was TOTALLY worth it.
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02-25-16, 05:54 AM
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Few of my bikes at what you would call rational. The most irrational pickup was this Le Champion, badly painted, components abused, some broken, with original shop invoice. At least it was cheap. Would make a great stealth bike. Could be repainted a rebuilt into a very nice French-fast machine. Not sure I need to go there again though.
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02-25-16, 06:28 AM
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02-25-16, 06:54 AM
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It was (probably) built right here in town.
She/He can ride it when she/he comes to visit.
She/He can ride it when she/he comes to visit.
02-25-16, 07:03 AM
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Well, it's your fault I bought an Ironman. Your probably responsible for a lot of Ironman purchases. I told my wife that too. The positive thing is my wife doesn't know the difference from a $20 huffy or a $1,000 Colnago, nor does she care to know. She just doesn't ask and I don't tell.
Hey, if my wife ever left me and I was in need of meeting someone, I'd buy an Ironman just based on @RobbieTunes guarantees.
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02-25-16, 08:29 AM
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Not necessarily. But remember, we are in a rationalization thread here. The things we rationalize don't have to be true; if they were true we wouldn't need to rationalize.
