I invested hard into being able to service my own reverbs. Every time it was a nightmare. It just seemed like poor engineering that never got better.
Then I invested hard into 9Point8. Not sure I've ever regretted a purchase so much. I take that back - Hope hubs are the worst (for me anyway, that doesn't seem universal).
Now I have a OneUp v2. Not perfect, but absolute bliss compared to those nightmare experiences.
Will I hate RockShox/SRAM forever? Well no, they have some good stuff. But I avoid Hope like the plague. When taking another chance on a company is a gamble of hundreds of dollars, it makes sense to be unreasonably shy once you've been burned 3-4 times!
Feb. 4, 2022, 11:36 p.m. - rotorburn
I invested hard into being able to service my own reverbs. Every time it was a nightmare. It just seemed like poor engineering that never got better. Then I invested hard into 9Point8. Not sure I've ever regretted a purchase so much. I take that back - Hope hubs are the worst (for me anyway, that doesn't seem universal). Now I have a OneUp v2. Not perfect, but absolute bliss compared to those nightmare experiences. Will I hate RockShox/SRAM forever? Well no, they have some good stuff. But I avoid Hope like the plague. When taking another chance on a company is a gamble of hundreds of dollars, it makes sense to be unreasonably shy once you've been burned 3-4 times!