Advice Please Fellow Cyclists

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by philipMac

Ok. Yeah, 105 is fine. Look after it and keep it clean, and I have seen lads racing on it. Those open 4CD rims are good. You are bringing me back now... ha ha.

Let me ask my mate about cheap good frames. I am a bit out of the loop these
days.

If I dont get back to you in a week, and you are still wondering, pm me. (His sister worked for the US Postal team... god knows what she has in her garage.)

OK that would be great. Thanks for your help

Originally Posted by philipMac

Here, listen to this, my mate rode in the olympics, 2 custom bikes for it were built. Then he moved out to the US. Came back to Ireland a few years later... and...

his old man had thrown them all out. He thought that he didnt want them any more, and they were just taking up room, sure didnt he have a new bike anyway.

I nearly got sick when he told me.

OMG how bad is that. I would have been well upset if that was me.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

OMG how bad is that. I would have been well upset if that was me.

I guess there would be deaths involved if it was me!

Originally Posted by Filipe M.

I guess there would be deaths involved if it was me!

I know. Think about it... the best frame builders in the world, measureing you up, having a consultation with the team, and building the bike for you.
Then signing the frame, since each one is a one off.
Then putting his name, the Irish flag, the olympic symbol.

And then both of them (one track, one road) are put out for the bins.

It wasnt jut those bikes either. He had about 12 bikes hung up on the walls in the garage.

And the worst part of it was, the old man didnt even need the space. He just thought he would give the place a bit of a clean.