Another major bonus is the fact that it only takes about a weekend of study to learn how to maintain and repair 99% of bike parts. Also, far cheaper parts. And also free bonus exercise.
I usually look up how to maintain bits on my bike as they become necessary rather than all in one go. Same with buying tools for it.
First get a few cleaning bits. Then a few tools to split a chain and some quick links along with the tool to connect/disconnect quick links. Tools to fix an inner tube puncture. Disc brake bleeding kit and mineral oil.
Tempted to get a proper disc brake alignment tool, pretty cheap but last time I just cut a shim from a cider can and placed those either side of the rotor.
Yeah never heard anything like that, my bike was £600. Cheap bikes are the ones under £200. Once you are in the multiple thousands you are getting to pro athlete levels.
Cyclists think it’s cool that I got mine from a co-op that fixes up old bikes. Yeah there are douchebags in cycling, like any other hobby. But you also got plenty of DIY punk types and folks who just enjoy their time on two wheels
While my bike was 300 and I like to say that anything above 500 is too much; I do have acquaitance with a man with a 1500€ bike that has acquaintance with a person with a 30k€ bike Dx
Don’t know about too much, but more than necessary perhaps. Mine was £600, probably didn’t need to go that expensive but I use it a lot so its hardly a bad choice either.
Then again, got over £200 in accessories with just the ortlieb XL pannier bags. I cycle to work every day, so arguably its pretty easy to justify spending a fair bit. If I took the bus that would cost over £1k a year. So even that €1.5k bike is fairly easy to justify compared to bus prices if you want a decent bike.
Disc brakes aren’t fancy any more, or insanely expensive – and they can be way easier to work on than truing a wheel perfectly to get your rim brakes working just right.
Maybe I’ve been lucky but only once did i need to get my brake lines bled. Otherwise, just replace the pads when they wear out, and the thing is self-adjusting.
Miss me with that electronic shifting though. We’re not airplanes. We don’t need fly by wire.
Electric shifting has pretty much 0 maintenance these days, there are no adjustments on the electric derailleurs that bolt on to the frame. Charging it once a month is mildly annoying though and I wish they put bigger density batteries in.
Either that, or make it easier to just hook up whenever I park my bike, or some kind of alarm when it’s under 20% or something. Because what happens is that I grab my bike, leave home, shift three times, and then when i’m too far out, find that it’s actually empty.
My regular city bike has manual hub gears, which I have maintained once in 25 years, and they’re fine.
Another major bonus is the fact that it only takes about a weekend of study to learn how to maintain and repair 99% of bike parts. Also, far cheaper parts. And also free bonus exercise.
I usually look up how to maintain bits on my bike as they become necessary rather than all in one go. Same with buying tools for it.
First get a few cleaning bits. Then a few tools to split a chain and some quick links along with the tool to connect/disconnect quick links. Tools to fix an inner tube puncture. Disc brake bleeding kit and mineral oil.
Tempted to get a proper disc brake alignment tool, pretty cheap but last time I just cut a shim from a cider can and placed those either side of the rotor.
Another major bonus is that learning how to bike doesn’t bleed the wallet, while my talentless ass trying to learn to drive a car does.
Which allows you to enjoy even more freedom fries!
I like how you think brother
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This has never happened ever, not even once.
Tour de France-level bikes cost $15k. You quite literally cannot spend more.
Yeah never heard anything like that, my bike was £600. Cheap bikes are the ones under £200. Once you are in the multiple thousands you are getting to pro athlete levels.
Cyclists think it’s cool that I got mine from a co-op that fixes up old bikes. Yeah there are douchebags in cycling, like any other hobby. But you also got plenty of DIY punk types and folks who just enjoy their time on two wheels
Yep. In my experience, cyclists just love any bike. They’re all nice!
While my bike was 300 and I like to say that anything above 500 is too much; I do have acquaitance with a man with a 1500€ bike that has acquaintance with a person with a 30k€ bike Dx
Don’t know about too much, but more than necessary perhaps. Mine was £600, probably didn’t need to go that expensive but I use it a lot so its hardly a bad choice either.
Then again, got over £200 in accessories with just the ortlieb XL pannier bags. I cycle to work every day, so arguably its pretty easy to justify spending a fair bit. If I took the bus that would cost over £1k a year. So even that €1.5k bike is fairly easy to justify compared to bus prices if you want a decent bike.
Unless it was a custom build or something from a luxury automotive brand, that seems unlikely.
Disc brakes aren’t fancy any more, or insanely expensive – and they can be way easier to work on than truing a wheel perfectly to get your rim brakes working just right.
Maybe I’ve been lucky but only once did i need to get my brake lines bled. Otherwise, just replace the pads when they wear out, and the thing is self-adjusting.
Miss me with that electronic shifting though. We’re not airplanes. We don’t need fly by wire.
You don’t need any of that stuff though. That’s just for rich bike nerds. Tell those dorks to get stuffed while you save a few thousand dollars.
Electric shifting has pretty much 0 maintenance these days, there are no adjustments on the electric derailleurs that bolt on to the frame. Charging it once a month is mildly annoying though and I wish they put bigger density batteries in.
Is there a benefit over wire shifting?
Either that, or make it easier to just hook up whenever I park my bike, or some kind of alarm when it’s under 20% or something. Because what happens is that I grab my bike, leave home, shift three times, and then when i’m too far out, find that it’s actually empty.
My regular city bike has manual hub gears, which I have maintained once in 25 years, and they’re fine.