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View older 10 speed parts as collectible items that aren't to be sold on the cheap and which durability has been proven. People pay premium for nuovo record and c record campy group despite tehy are old but there is a reason why something of value has a serious pricetag.The price for dura ace 7700-7800 spare parts skryrocketed.
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Is that technology or technique? I ride bikes that are 20+ year old in places where I used to ride 30 to 40 years ago and don't crash as much as I did when I started out. I learned how not to crash. My bikes are still capable of riding anywhere a modern bike can.
Again, I'm riding bikes that are 20+ years old. I avoid riding in muddy conditions because I don't want to be "that guy" who leaves a reminder that muddy trails shouldn't be ridden on. My X-9 front/XO rear drivetrain doesn't drop chains because I know how to adjust them and how to shift them. I don't own a headset that is less than about 20 years old and, oddly, I haven't worn out a headset since manufacturers stopped putting threaded headsets on bicycles.
Perhaps you aren't a skilled at maintenance as you think you are.
Again, I'm riding bikes that are 20+ years old. I avoid riding in muddy conditions because I don't want to be "that guy" who leaves a reminder that muddy trails shouldn't be ridden on. My X-9 front/XO rear drivetrain doesn't drop chains because I know how to adjust them and how to shift them. I don't own a headset that is less than about 20 years old and, oddly, I haven't worn out a headset since manufacturers stopped putting threaded headsets on bicycles.
Perhaps you aren't a skilled at maintenance as you think you are.
I actually liked my own X9, X0 drivetrain from that era, but it is nowhere near as effective as the current equivalents. I could get a season out of a quality headset in those days. If only they made them larger.
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View older 10 speed parts as collectible items that aren't to be sold on the cheap and which durability has been proven. People pay premium for nuovo record and c record campy group despite tehy are old but there is a reason why something of value has a serious pricetag.The price for dura ace 7700-7800 spare parts skryrocketed.
If you see vintage bikes as an investment opportunity then great.
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I loved my old mountain bikes. My Zaskar LE was my bread and butter bike. I had a Proflex, a Xziang, a Trek 8000, and some cannondale’s. No bad bikes and I rode them hard. I rode them with all the vigor a teenager and guy in his early twenties could manage. I love old hardtails.
When I threw my leg over a modern bike with its modern cockpit, it was night and day. At 45 with a full time job and a couple young kids, I’m faster and more confident than I’ve ever been on a MTB. I don’t have 21 year old legs anymore but literally, I could smoke the old me today off road.
It’s the bike. It makes a huge difference. It’s silly to pretend it doesn’t. Even I’m somewhat handicapped with my modern hardtail compared to full suspension.
Rent a bike sometime, it’ll blow your mind.
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It’s the vintage mindset that drives prices like this. I own a classic car that has increased in value by almost a factor of 10 over the last 2 decades, but it doesn’t make it any better. It is just more expensive. More expensive than my newer cars, but still slower and less practical. Less reliable too actually.
If you see vintage bikes as an investment opportunity then great.
If you see vintage bikes as an investment opportunity then great.
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1) Brakes aren't just about STOPPING a bike. In fact that may be the LEAST important thing brakes are for. They're for slowing the bike down, by a little or a lot, for stuff like not touching the wheel in front of you, or not overcooking the next curve. Ideally, they should be capable of everything from scrubbing off 1mph to emergency stopping, all without the rider having to think about it. Having tried all three for thousands of miles each, my conclusion is that for that purpose, hydraulic disc brakes > dual pivot rim brakes > single pivot rim brakes. That doesn't mean you need to change what you're using.
2) Saturday's ride was on a bike with indexed DT shifters and a 7 speed cassette. Sunday's on a bike with 11 speeds and STIs. Absolutely no question that, for ease of use, for just riding without thinking about needing to shift BEFORE the hill, etc, Brifters > indexed DT > friction DT. That doesn't mean you need to change what you're using.
I gotta say, though, that one of the LEAST compelling arguments on here, the one that people use to softly denigrate new technology they don't feel the need for is "It's a solution looking for a problem", or "I've never needed more (insert function here) than I have." Cripes, guys - something can be BETTER without making the older technology BAD. You don't want disc brakes? Fine. Don't get disc brakes. You don't want brifters? Fine. Don't get brifters.
Oh, I know - you'll say, "But I want 12 speed electronic shifting, and rim brakes, and nobody sells it!" If enough people wanted that, it would exist. So, apparently enough people DON'T want it.
2) Saturday's ride was on a bike with indexed DT shifters and a 7 speed cassette. Sunday's on a bike with 11 speeds and STIs. Absolutely no question that, for ease of use, for just riding without thinking about needing to shift BEFORE the hill, etc, Brifters > indexed DT > friction DT. That doesn't mean you need to change what you're using.
I gotta say, though, that one of the LEAST compelling arguments on here, the one that people use to softly denigrate new technology they don't feel the need for is "It's a solution looking for a problem", or "I've never needed more (insert function here) than I have." Cripes, guys - something can be BETTER without making the older technology BAD. You don't want disc brakes? Fine. Don't get disc brakes. You don't want brifters? Fine. Don't get brifters.
Oh, I know - you'll say, "But I want 12 speed electronic shifting, and rim brakes, and nobody sells it!" If enough people wanted that, it would exist. So, apparently enough people DON'T want it.
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The OP is apparently now sitting back and enjoying the fireworks. I've never understood what's fun about riling people up over irreconcilable differences, but then I've never watched daytime TV.
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At least we don't have folding chairs to hit each other with!
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I think it’s possible that you don’t know what you’re missing.
I loved my old mountain bikes. My Zaskar LE was my bread and butter bike. I had a Proflex, a Xziang, a Trek 8000, and some cannondale’s. No bad bikes and I rode them hard. I rode them with all the vigor a teenager and guy in his early twenties could manage. I love old hardtails.
When I threw my leg over a modern bike with its modern cockpit, it was night and day. At 45 with a full time job and a couple young kids, I’m faster and more confident than I’ve ever been on a MTB. I don’t have 21 year old legs anymore but literally, I could smoke the old me today off road.
It’s the bike. It makes a huge difference. It’s silly to pretend it doesn’t. Even I’m somewhat handicapped with my modern hardtail compared to full suspension.
Rent a bike sometime, it’ll blow your mind.
I loved my old mountain bikes. My Zaskar LE was my bread and butter bike. I had a Proflex, a Xziang, a Trek 8000, and some cannondale’s. No bad bikes and I rode them hard. I rode them with all the vigor a teenager and guy in his early twenties could manage. I love old hardtails.
When I threw my leg over a modern bike with its modern cockpit, it was night and day. At 45 with a full time job and a couple young kids, I’m faster and more confident than I’ve ever been on a MTB. I don’t have 21 year old legs anymore but literally, I could smoke the old me today off road.
It’s the bike. It makes a huge difference. It’s silly to pretend it doesn’t. Even I’m somewhat handicapped with my modern hardtail compared to full suspension.
Rent a bike sometime, it’ll blow your mind.
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Another think to consider in terms of disc brakes for road bikes is that a disc requires a fork that is built stronger and that fork will not have the feel or flexibility a fork for rim brakes will have
I had this discussion 2 years ago when I was able to get a custom frame made. the builder (who was an early adopter of disc brakes on custom road bikes) noted that if I wanted to go for disc there was real reduction in road feel and handling due to having to build the fork stronger
His questions were along the line: Are you going to ride in the rain a lot, with lots of long steep downhills and maybe a loaded bike? if so go disk otherwise you will be happier handling wise with rim brakes
I went rim (has 11 speed ultegra sti) with the velo orange grand cru dual pivot which perform really well (even in the limited bit of rain I have rode in) certainly meet my needs
retro grouch is a loaded term.... Do i like the look of a classis steel frame and steel frames sure. Is that retro? Style for sure but my newest frame uses steel technology that is as more advanced than steel of 20 or 30 years ago so not sure that is retro
grouch: sometimes (ask my wife)
Now get off of my lawn you whippersnappers
also here is my bike retro looks, modern gear, retro cockpit (for future proofing and looks)
I had this discussion 2 years ago when I was able to get a custom frame made. the builder (who was an early adopter of disc brakes on custom road bikes) noted that if I wanted to go for disc there was real reduction in road feel and handling due to having to build the fork stronger
His questions were along the line: Are you going to ride in the rain a lot, with lots of long steep downhills and maybe a loaded bike? if so go disk otherwise you will be happier handling wise with rim brakes
I went rim (has 11 speed ultegra sti) with the velo orange grand cru dual pivot which perform really well (even in the limited bit of rain I have rode in) certainly meet my needs
retro grouch is a loaded term.... Do i like the look of a classis steel frame and steel frames sure. Is that retro? Style for sure but my newest frame uses steel technology that is as more advanced than steel of 20 or 30 years ago so not sure that is retro
grouch: sometimes (ask my wife)
Now get off of my lawn you whippersnappers
also here is my bike retro looks, modern gear, retro cockpit (for future proofing and looks)
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I gotta say, though, that one of the LEAST compelling arguments on here, the one that people use to softly denigrate new technology they don't feel the need for is "It's a solution looking for a problem", or "I've never needed more (insert function here) than I have." Cripes, guys - something can be BETTER without making the older technology BAD. You don't want disc brakes? Fine. Don't get disc brakes. You don't want brifters? Fine. Don't get brifters.
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If you have a rim brake frame that you want to keep using (I do), the offerings are getting rather scarce. And 12-speed is right out! Even the new 12-speed mechanical 105 group is hydraulic only.
I suspect that since almost nobody replaces components on a bike they own, the aftermarket for bike components is not big enough for the manufacturers to bother with. And since virtually all new bikes have disc brakes, component manufacturers are happy to keep making what they sell directly to bike manufacturers. The "people don't want it" argument is questionable -- it's more like "the manufacturers have moved on to something else, and it's now a Hobson's choice for consumers".
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Another think to consider in terms of disc brakes for road bikes is that a disc requires a fork that is built stronger and that fork will not have the feel or flexibility a fork for rim brakes will have
I had this discussion 2 years ago when I was able to get a custom frame made. the builder (who was an early adopter of disc brakes on custom road bikes) noted that if I wanted to go for disc there was real reduction in road feel and handling due to having to build the fork stronger
His questions were along the line: Are you going to ride in the rain a lot, with lots of long steep downhills and maybe a loaded bike? if so go disk otherwise you will be happier handling wise with rim brakes
I had this discussion 2 years ago when I was able to get a custom frame made. the builder (who was an early adopter of disc brakes on custom road bikes) noted that if I wanted to go for disc there was real reduction in road feel and handling due to having to build the fork stronger
His questions were along the line: Are you going to ride in the rain a lot, with lots of long steep downhills and maybe a loaded bike? if so go disk otherwise you will be happier handling wise with rim brakes
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Please explain how a stronger fork leads to reduced handling ability. I'm not even sure on the "road feel" part of that as if anything the feel would be transmitted better with a stiffer fork. Seems more like actual increased "road feel" is a reduction to your preferred "road feel".
Maybe carbon forks can use some of the advantages carbon to design around it, but not the case for steel. (lots of examples of steel forks retro fitted for disc and then failing)
This was directly from Dave Kirk, who has been a custom builder for 20 years, and before that built for serotta in all materials.
Dave is not a disc hater, and spent a lot of time figuring out how to do nice disc builds which he does, but is a lover of a good handling responsive bike and one heck of a rider
bottom line he has technical and street cred
More to the point: no one technology is perfect and best for everyone. and all technologies have tradeoffs.
If i were riding in tour de france (not likely) the bike and technology I would want would be a lot different than for a zombie apocalypse bike (where retro grouch bike will win )
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I suspect that a true retro-ground would scoff at 12-speed (and likely even 11-speed) while extoling the virtues of their triple cranksets, which supposedly allow both sufficient range and small gearing steps that would allow one to go straight from the Tour de France to a light tour through the provence afterward.
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Simple: forks for disc brakes have to be built stronger than a fork for rim brakes. Making them stronger makes them stiffer and less compliant
Maybe carbon forks can use some of the advantages carbon to design around it, but not the case for steel. (lots of examples of steel forks retro fitted for disc and then failing)
This was directly from Dave Kirk, who has been a custom builder for 20 years, and before that built for serotta in all materials.
Dave is not a disc hater, and spent a lot of time figuring out how to do nice disc builds which he does, but is a lover of a good handling responsive bike and one heck of a rider
bottom line he has technical and street cred
More to the point: no one technology is perfect and best for everyone. and all technologies have tradeoffs.
If i were riding in tour de france (not likely) the bike and technology I would want would be a lot different than for a zombie apocalypse bike (where retro grouch bike will win )
Maybe carbon forks can use some of the advantages carbon to design around it, but not the case for steel. (lots of examples of steel forks retro fitted for disc and then failing)
This was directly from Dave Kirk, who has been a custom builder for 20 years, and before that built for serotta in all materials.
Dave is not a disc hater, and spent a lot of time figuring out how to do nice disc builds which he does, but is a lover of a good handling responsive bike and one heck of a rider
bottom line he has technical and street cred
More to the point: no one technology is perfect and best for everyone. and all technologies have tradeoffs.
If i were riding in tour de france (not likely) the bike and technology I would want would be a lot different than for a zombie apocalypse bike (where retro grouch bike will win )
It’s certainly a non-issue with modern carbon forks given how you can manipulate stiffness in different directions. Much more limited options in steel.
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Simple: forks for disc brakes have to be built stronger than a fork for rim brakes. Making them stronger makes them stiffer and less compliant
Maybe carbon forks can use some of the advantages carbon to design around it, but not the case for steel. (lots of examples of steel forks retro fitted for disc and then failing)
This was directly from Dave Kirk, who has been a custom builder for 20 years, and before that built for serotta in all materials.
Dave is not a disc hater, and spent a lot of time figuring out how to do nice disc builds which he does, but is a lover of a good handling responsive bike and one heck of a rider
bottom line he has technical and street cred
More to the point: no one technology is perfect and best for everyone. and all technologies have tradeoffs.
If i were riding in tour de france (not likely) the bike and technology I would want would be a lot different than for a zombie apocalypse bike (where retro grouch bike will win )
Maybe carbon forks can use some of the advantages carbon to design around it, but not the case for steel. (lots of examples of steel forks retro fitted for disc and then failing)
This was directly from Dave Kirk, who has been a custom builder for 20 years, and before that built for serotta in all materials.
Dave is not a disc hater, and spent a lot of time figuring out how to do nice disc builds which he does, but is a lover of a good handling responsive bike and one heck of a rider
bottom line he has technical and street cred
More to the point: no one technology is perfect and best for everyone. and all technologies have tradeoffs.
If i were riding in tour de france (not likely) the bike and technology I would want would be a lot different than for a zombie apocalypse bike (where retro grouch bike will win )
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OK, so none of that explains any specific reason the handling is worse with a stronger fork. I’m not against preferring any of the benefits of a more compliant fork, I’m just trying to understand how it actually results in better handling, or at least a reason other than someone has experience and thinks so. Lots of times perception is not reality and handling for most things is improved by eliminating flex. Or maybe it’s the definition of handling being used which can be pretty ambiguous.
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OK, so none of that explains any specific reason the handling is worse with a stronger fork. I’m not against preferring any of the benefits of a more compliant fork, I’m just trying to understand how it actually results in better handling, or at least a reason other than someone has experience and thinks so. Lots of times perception is not reality and handling for most things is improved by eliminating flex. Or maybe it’s the definition of handling being used which can be pretty ambiguous.