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I can’t build a bicycle in the fall/winter in 3 1/2 months. I have a klunker I’m going to build but I have to strip the frame of paint, weld on drum brake cable guides, weld on a derailleur hanger, build wheels, build a seat, fabricate truss rod mounts and paint it. It’s usually too cold to work so I can only work for a few minutes at a time. If its 40F and calm I can work for a few hours. It’s snowing with 30 mph winds right now so today I’m building a wheel for another bicycle inside. If there was more time I would enter but I could never finish. It usually takes me into the spring to finish a winter build. It’s not unusual for the gravel race, Hiawatha’s Revenge to have snow banks on Memorial Day weekend.