I've already put ~$100 into the bike...I added a cyclometer, and toe clips, changed the derraillers because they were both cracked, bought new tires and tubes and changed a spoke because my brother ran into it. You can see that the bike needed repair when I first got it...but thats all the money I invested...I picked up the bike from the side of the road (with a sign saying FREE) and only added new tires to make it rideable. At first I rode it with the cracked derraillers...then substituted the ones from my older moutain bike (I had the shop do that). It rides perfectly fine now, and even came with a Swiss made rear rack so I can go on short tours. When I first brought to the shop they said the bike was 40+ years old...THAT'S OLDER THAN MY MOM :)
Ashley
AKA: THE La Randonneuse
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