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Why am I still faster than you? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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E: Let's all talk about what bikes should or shoudn't cost

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Damn that's a lot of repairs. Maybe my standards are just low, the old bike I had (3x7 gears) I rode for probably somewhere around half the distance you did, and never changed anything (apart from tires and brake pads), and the bike itself was my old dad's bike that's more than 25 years old by now. The 7th gear did start skipping pretty hard by the end tho.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

Some of the things I replaced for fun

Some things I broke as I am learning to fix bikes (Hubs mainly... when a cog comes off unexpectedly it usually takes the threads with it)

Others just did wear out that fast... last chain only gave me around 1,000 mi but I rode in a lot of rain / mud and used an awful chain lube. (It was well over 1% out of spec and all winter I had a knocking in my pedal that I just couldn't figure out)