Scot: Bear in mind this bike is for her. Unless she has a special spot in her heart for a Bridgestone, it may be "just an old bike" to her. A brand new squeaky clean with new tire smell bike is pretty attractive to anyone, especially the recreational rider who is not a bike nerd. Jim's point about the potential cost of resurrecting something is a strong argument in itself, and you could also face the issue of dealing with the obvious only to find more problems as she rides the bike. Then it's back to shop, more wrenching or spending, etc. IMHO she'll be happier with a new bike.
dougP On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 8:46:07 AM UTC-7, Scot Brooks wrote: > > It's amazing how on-the-money you are, Jim. It's almost like you were able > to see exactly how much I spent resurrecting my brother's old Bridgestone. > While I *do *want some perfect example of...something to come along, I > also appreciate your point. The practical bike market is pretty great these > days, and something like a Cross Check or a LHT might be the practical > choice of practical bikes. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
