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I can speak to the anodizing quality. The alloy bars and chainrings are both
very resilient.
In terms of "experimental approach." It's an apples to apples approach as far
as I go through way more rings on the SS so that is where I have the largest
body of comparables. Sure no side load. Sure the weather is different every
year. Sure the results may differ for someone who measures their rides in
thousands of kilometres of fireroad cruising, or millimetres of rain, or the
number of pounds of sand they pull from their BB shells every month. I doubt
it, but anything's possible?
Factor in personal bias, various standards for bike maintenance, and differing
opinions on when to replace chains and my simple hope is that, as unscientific
and non data-driven as it may be, it is at least relative in terms of relating
the quality of the 1XR.
At the end of the day, if not, I'll just fall back on the Maximus defence:
"Are you not entertained?"
Sept. 8, 2016, 1:42 p.m. - DrewM
#!markdown I can speak to the anodizing quality. The alloy bars and chainrings are both very resilient. In terms of "experimental approach." It's an apples to apples approach as far as I go through way more rings on the SS so that is where I have the largest body of comparables. Sure no side load. Sure the weather is different every year. Sure the results may differ for someone who measures their rides in thousands of kilometres of fireroad cruising, or millimetres of rain, or the number of pounds of sand they pull from their BB shells every month. I doubt it, but anything's possible? Factor in personal bias, various standards for bike maintenance, and differing opinions on when to replace chains and my simple hope is that, as unscientific and non data-driven as it may be, it is at least relative in terms of relating the quality of the 1XR. At the end of the day, if not, I'll just fall back on the Maximus defence: "Are you not entertained?"