so last week i was all excited to buy a new bike. i had found a steel fuji track bike for sale at one of the small bike shops across town, and after frustrating attempts to barter we settled on a price around $200. waiting for pay day i anxiously checked up on it several times and i told myself it will be fine, "no one else is looking for a track bike in saigon." well i was wrong. three days after my last visit i finally got payed and with pockets full and spirits high i made my way across town to the little bike shop. devastation swept over me as i crossed the bridge and peered into the shop. the bike was gone, some other asshole is riding around on the bike that should be mine, the only track bike in saigon.
today i went out to the bike shops. there's a small street in a low rent neighborhood, across the river, that has a dozen or so used bike shops. just like back in seattle, on my day off i like to parruse the used parts shops even if im not looking to buy. today i found a zunow frame at a price i couldn't pass up. i knew that i wanted to upgrade my frame set,which weighs a ton, but i figured it would be after the wheel set, which also weighs a ton. but for $60 i bought a new frame and got all the parts swapped, and now i want to build it up with all shimano 600 parts, seven speed.
oh and i found this sweet 3rensho saddle at the shop too, but i didn't but it.
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