I find with bikes where there's a will there's usually a way. Most of my bike dollars are spent in the secondary/used market to extract maximum value, so for me I rely on gear being readily available on the used market at what I deem to be a value worthy price.
With the immense depreciation of a used mtb's value, it's very difficult for me to justify forking out MSRP on a larger special order part to keep this old bike going. Case in point in the original thread I discovered the latest top end Fox 36 can be ordered with a straight 1 1/8" steertube -- I can almost guarantee you the fork will out value the rest of the bike it is to go on. So at some point it just makes sense to dive into the new standards. Until the next set of Standards rolls out... Thankfully things to seem to be slowing, for now
Nov. 16, 2018, 10:20 p.m. - UFO
I find with bikes where there's a will there's usually a way. Most of my bike dollars are spent in the secondary/used market to extract maximum value, so for me I rely on gear being readily available on the used market at what I deem to be a value worthy price. With the immense depreciation of a used mtb's value, it's very difficult for me to justify forking out MSRP on a larger special order part to keep this old bike going. Case in point in the original thread I discovered the latest top end Fox 36 can be ordered with a straight 1 1/8" steertube -- I can almost guarantee you the fork will out value the rest of the bike it is to go on. So at some point it just makes sense to dive into the new standards. Until the next set of Standards rolls out... Thankfully things to seem to be slowing, for now