I'll be keeping my eyes open at the LBS for serviceable brakes that are being thrown away. Maybe start a bin in the shop for that and then when I have a few sets spend a rainy day making a working set or two out of them and keeping any partials in good shape for spare parts.
The fact people will blow big $$ on new parts so easily and few/no $$ on service or coaching or suspension/bike setup for their MTB hobby always blows my mind. There are a lot of expensive high performance machines out there running well below their design potential.
April 19, 2022, 6:52 a.m. - Vik Banerjee
I'll be keeping my eyes open at the LBS for serviceable brakes that are being thrown away. Maybe start a bin in the shop for that and then when I have a few sets spend a rainy day making a working set or two out of them and keeping any partials in good shape for spare parts. The fact people will blow big $$ on new parts so easily and few/no $$ on service or coaching or suspension/bike setup for their MTB hobby always blows my mind. There are a lot of expensive high performance machines out there running well below their design potential.