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Thinking of doing the l'etape next year, so, in my wisdom I decided to splash out and buy a middle range Boardman.
Now, I'm not a " modernist " and will always be more than happy with my 1980's bicycles. I have an old chromoly Zeus that I ride day in day out and it serves me well, so why I hear myself and others ask, buy a new one ??
Good question, is it the weight ? is it the gear range ? is it because it's new and shiny ?
Well I weighed both bikes, the Boardman comes in at 11 lbs and the Zeus at............... 11 lbs.
So what's the point, I may as well stick to my beater and save the pennies. Can any one convince me that the Boardman is worth keeping.