Haha. Yeah that’s one way to do it. ‘Not nice’ bike components are pretty affordable.
I found my recumbent at a yard sale. It was hand made by some local bike company in Seattle. The guy wanted $500 for it, but I had a Scattante race bike with a carbon fork and a Shimano 105 groupset that I didn’t want, so we traded. I bought the race bike at Value Village for $185 and commuted on it for a couple years before trading it, so I got an all-around great deal, and he got a sweet race bike that he wanted.
Haha. Yeah that’s one way to do it. ‘Not nice’ bike components are pretty affordable.
I found my recumbent at a yard sale. It was hand made by some local bike company in Seattle. The guy wanted $500 for it, but I had a Scattante race bike with a carbon fork and a Shimano 105 groupset that I didn’t want, so we traded. I bought the race bike at Value Village for $185 and commuted on it for a couple years before trading it, so I got an all-around great deal, and he got a sweet race bike that he wanted.