I'm not suggesting that maintenance needs to go to zero, or ever will. I'm suggesting that how we measure what is acceptable might be skewed. The easy answer has always been "buy a hardtail", but as I pointed out above, this feels flawed.
More people are riding bikes and not all of them are going to know how to fix them. You're suggesting that things work just fine for you, so people should either figure it out or go away. I don't think this is a great long term solution. Taking that further, I'm suggesting that we might benefit if we listened to those people who don't know how to fix anything and we might reap the benefit of products that take those users into consideration.
The sport is changing. It always has changed. It always will change. The only way to guide that change is to talk about it.
March 4, 2022, 4:17 p.m. - Dave Tolnai
I'm not suggesting that maintenance needs to go to zero, or ever will. I'm suggesting that how we measure what is acceptable might be skewed. The easy answer has always been "buy a hardtail", but as I pointed out above, this feels flawed. More people are riding bikes and not all of them are going to know how to fix them. You're suggesting that things work just fine for you, so people should either figure it out or go away. I don't think this is a great long term solution. Taking that further, I'm suggesting that we might benefit if we listened to those people who don't know how to fix anything and we might reap the benefit of products that take those users into consideration. The sport is changing. It always has changed. It always will change. The only way to guide that change is to talk about it.