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Too much in common
News flash: this past Saturday I took a look at a used bike. Ok, nothing exceptional there, but it was eighteen times more expensive than the $25 bike I rode there, so it would've broken my trend of ever decreasingly pricey bikes. It is a neat design, sold as a flat bar gravel bike, and after I stopped vomiting at use of the term gravel bike, I realized it was pretty much a modern rigid mountain bike. Cool! I took it for a test ride, and while I was amazed to find the owner's saddle height was only maybe an 1/8" low for me, the wheelbase of the size large felt shorter than I wanted, so even though the price for a bike with four rides on it was reasonable, and the color was an unreasonably awesome pink, I'll wait to see if an extra large comes my way. Meanwhile, I tried to convince the seller that before selling it, try airing the tires down from 80 to 30, or even 25 psi. A litany of old swimming injuries would cause discomfort for her on the harsh ride, and for refere...
