My issue is trying to remember what is on my bike to try to order replacement parts. It used to be you could just order stuff and it worked. Now you have to know the specs on everything or you get incompatible stuff. Then once the new stuff catches on the old stuff is hard to find. My favorite bike is a steel hardtail with a straight steertube and a seatpost with minimal dropper options and old ass non-boost wheels. If I could find a decent fork for it I would be happy, but I am stuck with a 10 year old Zokie that is next to impossible to find rebuild kits. That bike is just as fun as my modern full squish with all the new standard boxes checked. So the new stuff is "better" but 90% of wouldn't notice the difference so is it really all that much better?
Jan. 23, 2018, 8:20 a.m. - Allen Lloyd
My issue is trying to remember what is on my bike to try to order replacement parts. It used to be you could just order stuff and it worked. Now you have to know the specs on everything or you get incompatible stuff. Then once the new stuff catches on the old stuff is hard to find. My favorite bike is a steel hardtail with a straight steertube and a seatpost with minimal dropper options and old ass non-boost wheels. If I could find a decent fork for it I would be happy, but I am stuck with a 10 year old Zokie that is next to impossible to find rebuild kits. That bike is just as fun as my modern full squish with all the new standard boxes checked. So the new stuff is "better" but 90% of wouldn't notice the difference so is it really all that much better?