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BareNecessities
Just picked up a bargain CAAD3. Hard to tell from the rubbish pic, but it's absolutely mint condition, not even a chip on the chainstay. I've had a couple of older CAADs before, but only in the bright blue/red. Had never seen a midnight blue one before. Looks nice and sparkly in the sunlight! Picked it up as seen and fully functioning for £160. Found it odd that it didn't have the carbon slice forks?
I took a bit of a punt on it, and initially planned to use it as my commuter (18 miles through dark country lanes). However, I'm now thinking it's far too nice to fuck up, and perhaps I should make it awesome. Thoughts? Am I committing a crime taking a mint 16 year old frame and using it to cycle through snow and horse shit every day?