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Feb 25, 2010
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L'arriviste said:
Imagine if it was. The frame would look lovely and all the weekend lightweights would buy one, but you couldn't put any Campag, Shimano, SRAM or Mavic bits on it.

and you'd have to go to special applestores with your bike to get it fixed!
 
Jun 10, 2009
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Michielveedeebee said:
and you'd have to go to special applestores with your bike to get it fixed!

Except it would hardly ever break down, and it would have a useful life three times as long as other bikes;)
 
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But they could only make it look so nice by not putting any shift cables on it and you can't replace the chain.