John Dillermand
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rhino wrote on Sep 3 rd, 2021 at 5:22pm: Kat wrote on Sep 3 rd, 2021 at 1:44pm: John Dillermand wrote on Sep 3 rd, 2021 at 8:29am: Gnads wrote on Sep 3 rd, 2021 at 7:16am: John Dillermand wrote on Aug 3 rd, 2021 at 9:56am: Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 2 nd, 2021 at 8:41pm: I know, I own two Giants already. I'm looking at a 3rd and just got offered a good price on one, 10k down to 8400 You would pay that sort of money for a push bike? Heavy emphasis on the "Dill" in Dillermand So what would you propose I do, spends 1000 on a cheap piece of poo that will fall apart and need maintaining all the time. Things of quality cost money I've never paid $1000 for any of my bikes, except for the e-bike, which was approx. $1000.
And none have required more than normal, regular maintenance.
I might add, none of them are of the cheapie 'K-mart' variety either, again excepting the e-bike, which is Chinese-made, but appears to be well-made and has been very reliable.
Most are older Australian or Japanese-made and have a bit of quality about them. Bikes have evolved, regardless of the quality of a 30 year old bike there is no way it can match an up market quality road bike these days, light years apart. Indeed, I mean the $8400 bike wasn't like a crappy old Repco. Its carbon fibre frame, fork, wheels, stem, handlebars, seat, seat rails with discs and electronic shifting, aero wheels, power meter.
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