Today was an awesome day, not only because I took the entire day off but I got myself a new upgrade on my best bike and transformed it into something like a dream!
This morning i was just randomly browsing through craigslist and found a cycling enthusiast setting up a garage sale at noon. It was a few hours away and I went to study some of the bicycle components i was interested in, mainly that $190 Dura Ace crankset he had up for sale since everything else was MTN bike stuff. I was very tempted to purchase it but no way will spending $190 just to change one of the many components on a bike be a smart move. Anyway, a friend and i went there to check out the place and it looked exactly like it did in the photos -- one garage wall full of components and wheels / bikes galore. Anyway I had my eye on those cranks the entire time and they sure looked good - almost 9.0/10.0 for a used!
I made my initial offer of $140 and explained to him i needed it for the bike i had with a triple setup (something i learned to regret getting). He agreed that $140 was a good offer and he'd take it but i wasn't even prepared to spend that much, so I went home empty handed and took another look at the bike parts I had. I gave him a call and wondered if he wanted to do trades and he told me he was interested in that triple i had (a coincidence!). Anyway let me put and end to this long story by saying i got the VERY pricey DA 7800 cranks by trading in my LESS EXPENSIVE Ultegra 6603 cranks + $50 + a triple front dérailleur i no longer needed! TALK ABOUT AWESOME - the bike, after installing it of course, felt like a different creature.
I was so excited I test rode it for a few hours today and was convinced i made the best decision to do the swap - this was almost too good to be true! Anyway this is no joke, the bike feels about 25% more responsive than it did before and the bike truly feels race-ready at last!
I made my initial offer of $140 and explained to him i needed it for the bike i had with a triple setup (something i learned to regret getting). He agreed that $140 was a good offer and he'd take it but i wasn't even prepared to spend that much, so I went home empty handed and took another look at the bike parts I had. I gave him a call and wondered if he wanted to do trades and he told me he was interested in that triple i had (a coincidence!). Anyway let me put and end to this long story by saying i got the VERY pricey DA 7800 cranks by trading in my LESS EXPENSIVE Ultegra 6603 cranks + $50 + a triple front dérailleur i no longer needed! TALK ABOUT AWESOME - the bike, after installing it of course, felt like a different creature.
I was so excited I test rode it for a few hours today and was convinced i made the best decision to do the swap - this was almost too good to be true! Anyway this is no joke, the bike feels about 25% more responsive than it did before and the bike truly feels race-ready at last!
After the day i went home to shave my legs and get ready for the cycling season ahead of me.
