Going to check out a bike tomorrow on FB Marketplace. I love looking at r/xbiking and I love how this bike is set up! I have no experience working on bikes but I’d love to learn, and plan on doing some work on this bike.
I can’t help but feel that this is cheating because I am purchasing a full build for a little more expensive (not much really, this thing is a steal) instead of buying an unmodified bike and upgrading it myself.
What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance.
(PS – thinking of changing grips to brown/black and eventually going back to a flat bar. Any other recs on how to make this thing even more cool?)
by Eckstrom
4 Comments
Of course it’s not “cheating” to buy a bike that’s ready to ride. If you want to learn to wrench that’s cool, but better to do it slowly on a bike you’re happy with than to throw yourself into a project that’ll probably drive you crazy.
Love that frame! Snag it, ride it, love it.
No cheating in sight!
More time to ride while it’s still summer.
Things rad. Don’t change the bmx bars!