\> _Each time a review suggests that this brake is so much better than that one, or this drivetrain shifts quicker than the other, or that the carbon version is worth it over the aluminum_
One of these is not like the other. If you're reviewing, you're supposed to describe differences, objective and subjective. Whether they're "worth it" is for readers to decide.
I've found that flipping older bikes is a grounding experience. I recently sold a mid-2000s 26" hardtail Cannondale with 60mm of undamped travel and geometry that felt sketch on my driveway. Couldn't believe anyone would want to use it on a trail, so I listed it as a hybrid. First person to show up went on about the gnar he was itching to tackle. Hard to segue from that back to fancy part minutia.
June 4, 2018, 11:06 p.m. - Alex D
\> _Each time a review suggests that this brake is so much better than that one, or this drivetrain shifts quicker than the other, or that the carbon version is worth it over the aluminum_ One of these is not like the other. If you're reviewing, you're supposed to describe differences, objective and subjective. Whether they're "worth it" is for readers to decide. I've found that flipping older bikes is a grounding experience. I recently sold a mid-2000s 26" hardtail Cannondale with 60mm of undamped travel and geometry that felt sketch on my driveway. Couldn't believe anyone would want to use it on a trail, so I listed it as a hybrid. First person to show up went on about the gnar he was itching to tackle. Hard to segue from that back to fancy part minutia.