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@WimVDD
My 2019 intention was to stop buying bikes/frames, sell more of my unused bikes and finish the unfinished projects I want to keep. I'm on the right track concerning selling bikes and parts and for finishing projects started, I have another 11,5 months. But after only 10 days I can already tell my "purchase stop" is a complete fail...
Just before this year started, a nice vintage 1996 Ritchey Project 20 mountainbike frameset (forks are of more recent date: 1998) caught my eye. I negotiated with the seller (he didn't want to ship overseas initially), bought the frameset, paid the bloody import fees and VAT (30% of the purchase price...) and now I'm sitting waiting for the frameset to arrive.
Correction: I haven't been sitting waiting. I've been searching the internet for era correct parts and the first of them arrived today.