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@Maxwell_Duryea
hahaha. ya its ugly as shit, but its because at my UNI, Swansea, people are cunts. and tend to kick in a bike left outside that are newish looking. Like all those overly priced mtn. bikes from China...and so, to avoid that, i decided to make it as ugly as possible, not caring about what it looks like. I started grinding off a few layers of the paint (its been respayed atleast three times) and then got down to the original white, and was like, "hmmm, its back to normal, leave it." It rides like a dream, and i got it all pretty much free. The drops are nice. i Keep finding sets, haha, and i cant wait to bring em back home. I have a few bikes in need of proper parts. I have four sets of bar/stem combos at the moment...and more to come. found a set of 1940's track drops and stem. steel and heavy as hell, but cool as crap. The bike has been more than good to me. I ride it into town atleast twice a day, and go for rides along the coast almost every morning at 7am to watch the sunrise. i love it. ill strip it and repaint/clean up and sell before i move back home in July, or i might send it home. im not sure. thanks guys, i thought i was the only one that liked it!