Yeah, I mean, I’m usually writing about min-maxing, amortizing your life, and readers well used, and maintained, rigs so clearly we’re on the same page mostly.
Although, I am totally into being attached to bicycles and keeping them running for years (and amortizing high-end stuff like King hubs over a long time). Standards, with the exception of 1-1/8” steerers for some travel windows, are a red herring. Lots of folks keeping out of date bikes running.
If that 2016 dies there are options. Adapters to move things like wheels to new standards. Some high-end shocks are rebuildable to other lengths. Or, a custom steel frame that costs ~ the same as a new carbon frame that uses your current premium stuff.
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This rant, and it’s just that, is about the folks that clearly don’t need to weigh purchases the way you’re doing above. It’s if you can afford a fresh 15k bike - buy something interesting. Especially if you’re not racing the clock or other people.
Which “whataboutism” are we talking about? What about focusing on good, free, transit instead of subsidizing swapping one piece of traffic for another - ICE, EV, Hydrogen, whatever?
July 11, 2022, 9:34 a.m. - Andrew Major
Yeah, I mean, I’m usually writing about min-maxing, amortizing your life, and readers well used, and maintained, rigs so clearly we’re on the same page mostly. Although, I am totally into being attached to bicycles and keeping them running for years (and amortizing high-end stuff like King hubs over a long time). Standards, with the exception of 1-1/8” steerers for some travel windows, are a red herring. Lots of folks keeping out of date bikes running. If that 2016 dies there are options. Adapters to move things like wheels to new standards. Some high-end shocks are rebuildable to other lengths. Or, a custom steel frame that costs ~ the same as a new carbon frame that uses your current premium stuff. ——— This rant, and it’s just that, is about the folks that clearly don’t need to weigh purchases the way you’re doing above. It’s if you can afford a fresh 15k bike - buy something interesting. Especially if you’re not racing the clock or other people. Which “whataboutism” are we talking about? What about focusing on good, free, transit instead of subsidizing swapping one piece of traffic for another - ICE, EV, Hydrogen, whatever?