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Originally posted by Jasper
Why go to all that bother of converting a strada to an SP?Why not be patient and get an SP?It would pobably be the cheaper option!! |
'Cos fitting tasteful mods and putting your very own mark on it is half the fun of owning a bike IMHO. My Strada won't be a direct SP wannabee it'll be what I want it to be. I don't care about cheaper options either because I look upon both bikes I've got as keepers, so if it takes me a few years to get it how I would like it it'll spread the cost so that it's not too important.
And I deliberately chose a Strada because I'm not the most concientious of bike owners. I prefer to ride them and track them, they often end up with crash damage and being a tight git I push the replacement parts for as long as I can as well (I need a new chain at the moment but I keep adjusting it rather than replacing it).
Don't get me wrong, I try and keep my bikes reasonably serviced and looking reasonable but I'm not the best at it, and a genuine SP deserves somebody more scrupulous than me to own it.