New Frame = New Bike?
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New Frame = New Bike?
How much do you have to change on your bike before you would call it a different bike? If you change every part on your bike except your frame, is it the same bike? If you transfer every component from an old bike to a new frame is it a new bike?
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Well this was an easy question, I guess.
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Agreed. It has to be new frame, new components, and new wheels.
By this standard, I almost never buy a new bike. Most importantly, I can tell my wife, I haven't gotten a new bike in years.
By this standard, I almost never buy a new bike. Most importantly, I can tell my wife, I haven't gotten a new bike in years.
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Yeah, this is actually a version of a well-known paradox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
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[QUOTE=merlinextraligh;15780585]Agreed. It has to be new frame, new components, and new wheels.
By this standard, I almost never buy a new bike. Most importantly, I can tell my wife, I haven't gotten a new bike in years.[/QUOTE]
Now that is what is important. I have a great Klein frame with totally shot components that all need replacing. I can just get all new everything, minus the frame and fork, but its not a new bike...in her eyes...
By this standard, I almost never buy a new bike. Most importantly, I can tell my wife, I haven't gotten a new bike in years.[/QUOTE]
Now that is what is important. I have a great Klein frame with totally shot components that all need replacing. I can just get all new everything, minus the frame and fork, but its not a new bike...in her eyes...
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New bike frame with old components = new bike frame with old components. It could be "like new" but not really new. Get an old car, strip it of all its components and replace them with new parts...still an old car WITH new components.
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^^True, new groupset almost never registers.
Problem is that for significant others, new frame=new bike. So if you're taking the hit anyway, you might as well get new wheels and components as well.
Problem is that for significant others, new frame=new bike. So if you're taking the hit anyway, you might as well get new wheels and components as well.
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Yeah, this is actually a version of a well-known paradox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
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Sell the bike. Tell people that it is brand new. If some poor schmuck buys it thinking it is brand new, wait to hear from his/her lawyer. Retain an attorney. Go back to 41 and let us know the findings
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