Buying a bike for the conditions of one race is pretty extravagant, unless you have money to burn I'd look more widely at the sort of use your wife wants from it and maybe make a few tweaks for the particular event.
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Buying a bike for the conditions of one race is pretty extravagant, unless you have money to burn I'd look more widely at the sort of use your wife wants from it and maybe make a few tweaks for the particular event.