Dilemma - which bike should I keep
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Dilemma - which bike should I keep
Hi, So I have been building up a new bike to replace this one that was cracked
https://www.bikeforums.net/framebuil...-terminal.html
I got an ugly used frame with carbon fork, painted it matt black to my taste and have just about finished building it up with parts I had from the old bike (incl. 105 groupset)
Then yesterday I was found this in a pile of trash that someone was chucking out
The frame is better and lighter and it has newer 10 speed 105 groupset (the black bike is older 9 speed). Needs a new chain and a good clean.
But it is garish and bog ugly - I much prefer the minimalist black look and have some emotional attachment to the black one
I don't have room for both and can't decide. Please help - what should I do?
1. Keep black and just sell red
2. Keep red and sell black (would swap wheels)
3. Swap groupset and sell red with old 9 speed. (If I can be bothered doing this)
Thanks
https://www.bikeforums.net/framebuil...-terminal.html
I got an ugly used frame with carbon fork, painted it matt black to my taste and have just about finished building it up with parts I had from the old bike (incl. 105 groupset)
Then yesterday I was found this in a pile of trash that someone was chucking out
The frame is better and lighter and it has newer 10 speed 105 groupset (the black bike is older 9 speed). Needs a new chain and a good clean.
But it is garish and bog ugly - I much prefer the minimalist black look and have some emotional attachment to the black one
I don't have room for both and can't decide. Please help - what should I do?
1. Keep black and just sell red
2. Keep red and sell black (would swap wheels)
3. Swap groupset and sell red with old 9 speed. (If I can be bothered doing this)
Thanks
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2. As someone old enough to remember a China where everyone rode a black Flying Pigeon before it opened up its economy, I am glad that now bikes are available in other colors. Better for visibility too.
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Hi, So I have been building up a new bike to replace this one that was cracked
https://www.bikeforums.net/framebuil...-terminal.html
I got an ugly used frame with carbon fork, painted it matt black to my taste and have just about finished building it up with parts I had from the old bike (incl. 105 groupset)
Then yesterday I was found this in a pile of trash that someone was chucking out
The frame is better and lighter and it has newer 10 speed 105 groupset (the black bike is older 9 speed). Needs a new chain and a good clean.
But it is garish and bog ugly - I much prefer the minimalist black look and have some emotional attachment to the black one
I don't have room for both and can't decide. Please help - what should I do?
1. Keep black and just sell red
2. Keep red and sell black (would swap wheels)
3. Swap groupset and sell red with old 9 speed. (If I can be bothered doing this)
Thanks
https://www.bikeforums.net/framebuil...-terminal.html
I got an ugly used frame with carbon fork, painted it matt black to my taste and have just about finished building it up with parts I had from the old bike (incl. 105 groupset)
Then yesterday I was found this in a pile of trash that someone was chucking out
The frame is better and lighter and it has newer 10 speed 105 groupset (the black bike is older 9 speed). Needs a new chain and a good clean.
But it is garish and bog ugly - I much prefer the minimalist black look and have some emotional attachment to the black one
I don't have room for both and can't decide. Please help - what should I do?
1. Keep black and just sell red
2. Keep red and sell black (would swap wheels)
3. Swap groupset and sell red with old 9 speed. (If I can be bothered doing this)
Thanks
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I like the red, looks great. The black is meh........ Like said earlier, black is not in vogue anymore.
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I like black bikes even if they are out of vogue. Not much concerned with what's currently fashionable. I also like my bikes with sweat equity invested. Long story short, I'd keep the black one.
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Ride both and have a backup for when one needs service
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At least give flat black frame a shiny clear coat. It looks like you applied a primer and couldn't be bothered to finish it. Like a cinderblock house where the owner ran out of money before they put on a facade.
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Uh, someone threw out a perfectly good Argon 18 frame?
How carefully have you examined it?
How carefully have you examined it?
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Around here (suburban Melbourne) people throw out all sorts of valuable stuff because they couldn't be bothered selling it, especially when moving house. Half my house is furnished with stuff I picked up from the side of the road
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In my mind that would be the sensible thing to do, however my dearly beloved does not see things the same as me. I have 4 bike hangers and 3 spots are already taken by my other bikes, so only room for 1 road bike (which is probably the least used of all of them)
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I actually like the look, and it is what I was going for. You probably wont believe me but it looks a lot better in the flesh, the photo seems to accentuate the flaws. I do not regard myself as primarily a road cyclist. I like the sleeper look