£375 is just the deposit, it will want new different wheels, and then tyres, a new saddle, maybe a new chainset, cassette, then stem and seat post, once that's done you'll be think a new frame, and then the cycle starts all over again...phew!!!
The good news are that: a./ I paid 375 quid for it, b./ I trust I can service it myself (in the future, as it's already serviced at the moment) and c./ it will cost me, say, a chewing gum to insure??So, in that respect I think I'm ok..
Will have to wait and see.. It will be a long weekend by the looks of it!
(I googled your motorbike.. wow.. it did look nice!!!)
Giant Defy 5.. a terrible mistake?
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Oh yes! I can go with that!! I'm already feeling better having a name for it!Thank you! And admitedly, it takes the weight off your shoulders if you have a disorder to blame, isn't it?
And now that you both mention accessories.. it has toe clip pedals.. I will have to buy clipless if I want to need new shoes, don't I??
I have a nice pair of Shimano PD M530s for sale. I've firmly given up on clipless and sticking with decent flats.
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Goes like a train, apparently...
It will be a good bike. Triathletes would not put their trisuited ar$es on anything that was not really really good
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From this shoemakers perspective, it would be Louboutain over Choo any day. At least they are still maintained by the guy, who knows at least a couple of things about the craft rather than the marketing gurus behind Choo. He sold his share looooong ago.
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Cobblers!
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It will be a good bike. Triathletes would not put their trisuited ar$es on anything that was not really really good
that's exactly my thoughts initially.. but after the purchase the same frase haunted me: Is it the fact that triathletes wouldn't put their trisuited bums on anything that was not really good the reason why they're selling them?
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No, the guy selling it
And you in oooh, about 6-9 months when summer comes along
No, it's ex-hire from Tri UK..
As for me, I've already used the change to buy a piggy money bank*
to serve the upgrade!*(and a pack of crisps..
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+1Sounds like an excellent choice, says one happy Defy owner.
