this comment promted me to document my daily distraction
21. What do you find most funny or peculiar (in a kind way-not brutal) about the cycle-buying public... what don't they get or aren't they seeing?
The current fad of carbon forks. They are light but not terrible well aligned or accurate.
LOL not terribly well aligned... you can say that again. Its pretty funny. Cause i've seen numerous "fancy" carbon forks have major issues, alignment, noise, debonding, stuff ya rarely see on a well made steel fork.
Sure they save weight, but at what cost? And so you order a Fancy $800 carbon fork, and its hosed. But ya don't find out until the steertube is cut and ya've ridden it.
What then?
i haven't had to deal with the 'what then side of it all' but its still something to think about...
sort of like all the shitty crap aluminum cookie cutter frames on the market. How the hell do you know they are perfectly aligned? Not to mention the aluminum bikes with the intergrated headsets. When that head tube ovalizes (when not if) you are hosed. Ie alloy bikes with integrated headsets (unless they are built like the klein MC stuff) are disposable frames. Just hope ya ain't the one buyin the used up dregs from someone else...
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Just ride it!
I know a few bike snobs who think that if it ain't made in Somerville, it ain't worth riding, but none of them ever had to pay retail for an IF either...
The thing about the $800 carbon fork is it comes complete with a frame, a 105 grouppo, and a set of wheels that would have been killer 10 years ago. A handmade, hand-aligned steel fork? Are you kidding me? That is more like $500, and all you get is the fork...
Not that it matters. I also know a lot of guys who bought Merlins because they would last "for life" but after a while they got the 7-year new bike itch and went out and bought a carbon bike anyway. I'll stop here before I get myself in trouble...
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