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- You don't need to justify yourself
- The people who are being rude are being rude because they reckon you are not a new member of this forum, but are an old member of this forum who has registered a new account and is pretending to have bought a bike to make a project out of specifically for the purposes of trolling them
- I'm not really sure why they think this about every new member of the forum, but there you go
- It's your frame so do what the fuck you like with it and do your best to ignore the LFGSS Poirot Crew, they will get over it (eventually)
- Because your Raleigh is from 198-something you'll have an interesting time getting stuff to fit, but it will be good practice
- You don't need to justify yourself
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Oh c'mon: "I own fourteen bikes and would like to spend two grand on a fifty quid frame."
And "Er... this is a wind-up." is hardly rude, either in the context of what I have written in the past, nor the forum in general.
OP: your money, your choice; but throwing money at something isn't doing a job properly and won't teach you anything you couldn't learn by making cheap mistakes.
Case in point: Dura Ace brakes. Beyond basic Tektro calipers you're not buying better braking (which is surely what brakes are all about), just lighter and more flashy materials: spend your money on Swissstop/Koolstop pads and (eg) Transfil cables.
You say you don't need a cheap bike, but have started with a cheap (and outdated) frame and no matter how much money you throw at it, it will always be that: cheap (and outdated).
If taken at face value, you are both educated and have considerable experience of a wide range of bikes: are you really surprised that flashing your money around, whilst playing the ingénue, isn't universally welcomed?
Scilly.Suffolk