I'm sad to report that I've found a very slight outward bend in the drive side seat stay of my bicycle. There's a small dent on the outside of the tube, so I suspect it's due to a hit of some sort rather than being built in to accommodate the sprocket. In addition, the wish list of parts I was intending to upgrade the bike with is going to run me $700.So... Do I drop the $700 or just buy a new bike for a couple hundred more? Or, do I shorten my wish list and just go with the old bike more or less "as is"?
Right now the thought is to buy a new or slightly used bike for touring, and later bend the old bike straight and turn it into a sexy one speed.
The risk of going with the bike "as is" is that, given that the bike and components are over twenty years old, a failure of some sort is probable. Further, if I have a significant failure, the costs (time, parts, shipping, injuries) would likely exceed the cost of buying new now.
Any who...I'll decide tomorrow.
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Brutal Dude... I have my own opinion on this, and we have already discussed my side of it a few months back.
If you choose to 'risk' it, I've got your back 100%
You, me, and the road is all we really need. Doesn't matter how far we get, as long as it lasts the 26 days! (Well... unless we only get shy of Vancouver in that time... then you are fired, and I am going on my own!)
thanks for the support, man.
i cut four hundred off the wishlist by removing new wheels. i'm overhauling the old ones, so, should be reliable but will only cost around $50 all together for a new rear axle, new bearings, spare spokes and spare tubes. buying a new bottom bracket, new crank, new sprocket, new front and rear derailleurs and new cabling.
should be able to avoid you abandoning me on the side of the road this way.
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