"My MTBing buddy wants to come to the dark side and turn roadie but he's real cheap. Basically we're looking for a decent road racer less than 10 years old. He'd probably fit a 54-55cm bike or so.

Anyway if anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated.


1/8/04

I've received some email responses from potential sellers and they all had some nice stuff to offer but they were a little out of my friend's price range. Just to save some of you the trouble I thought I'd add a little more info. He wants to spend between $700-1,000 for a good solid bike preferably equipped with 105 or Veloce level components. If the offer was exceptional he might go a little higher but honestly I doubt it. (Did I mention he was a skin flint?)


He's a bit of a road bike neophyte and doesn't know much about them and asked me to give him a hand. Therefore he's most interested in a complete bike already built up and ready to go. I don't think he'd be interested in a ""frame only"" situation because the build up consideratons would scare him away.

Anyway, thanks again for all the offers and advice. If he only had another $4-500 to spend he'd have some terrific options.

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