EckyH
Senior Member
- Location
- Nottuln, North Rhine-Westphalia
Who will maintain the bicycle? Which technologies is that person willing to master?
Example: despite having some years of experience as a mechanic of a local bike club 35 years ago and did work for a bike shop until 15 years ago I avoid internal cable routing, modern bottom bracket "standards", propriatary seat posts, electronic shifting, hydraulic disc brakes and "thru axle" (sic!) wheels - for the bicycles in this household. So if someone asks me to help maintaining a modern bike I couldn't do that.
Another thought: how about a second hand cyclocross bike? They offer a lot of tyre clearance. Therefore adding mud guards is easier than on tight road racing frames. Some (eg. the 2013 Ridley X-Bow) of them have threads for mud guards. Most components are compatible with road racing bikes.
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Example: despite having some years of experience as a mechanic of a local bike club 35 years ago and did work for a bike shop until 15 years ago I avoid internal cable routing, modern bottom bracket "standards", propriatary seat posts, electronic shifting, hydraulic disc brakes and "thru axle" (sic!) wheels - for the bicycles in this household. So if someone asks me to help maintaining a modern bike I couldn't do that.
This is aggravated by the fact that in general (!) bikes with aluminium frames and comparable components are a bit cheaper than bikes with carbon frames.
Another thought: how about a second hand cyclocross bike? They offer a lot of tyre clearance. Therefore adding mud guards is easier than on tight road racing frames. Some (eg. the 2013 Ridley X-Bow) of them have threads for mud guards. Most components are compatible with road racing bikes.
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