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amey
Maj
currently in a rumination hamster wheel of buying a dolan vs a steam roller
have ridden a friends steam roller multiple times, it's enjoyable and good - but does feel an awfully lot like my pacer (not a bad thing tbqh) and less "track bike" compared to say my old langster.
but when i think of a precursa i get awful worms of say "mmm yes but what happens when i want more tyre clearance or move out the city? i will inevitably like the steam roller more?"
as we know one should buy a bike for their lifestyle now, not one they've created for themselves in their vitimin d starved brain.
guiltily the biggest driver of this all is this years steam roller is yellow, and i don't like it, but grumble at the idea of paying another £100 to have sandblasted and either clear coated or powedercoated blue/red
i also don't like the black precursa, but i could just get that sandblasted and left raw - feel less bad about that because it's £200 less