“_But it’s definitely an imaginary world your describing— especially one where most people purchase their bike at a shop with the help of a thoughtful expert._”
How sad is that, if it’s the case? Good shops exist in every place I’d ridden a bike.
Whether it’s altruism or just maximizing the bottom line, I have a hard time imagining any decent shop selling mountain bikes with the stock pin-less pedals or even sending bikes out for test as such.
Performance aside, sticking a colourful range of moulded + pin pedals (OneUp, RaceFace, WahWah 2 in two sizes) is an easy way to make someone’s bike theirs.
June 23, 2022, 8:13 a.m. - Andrew Major
“_But it’s definitely an imaginary world your describing— especially one where most people purchase their bike at a shop with the help of a thoughtful expert._” How sad is that, if it’s the case? Good shops exist in every place I’d ridden a bike. Whether it’s altruism or just maximizing the bottom line, I have a hard time imagining any decent shop selling mountain bikes with the stock pin-less pedals or even sending bikes out for test as such. Performance aside, sticking a colourful range of moulded + pin pedals (OneUp, RaceFace, WahWah 2 in two sizes) is an easy way to make someone’s bike theirs.