Originally Posted by
gl98115
I lol'd really hard at this. Bling gold cogs are for sure attractive, but I couldn't make myself pay for them. The silver ones, though? Yeah, totally can pull that off.
Reality: Yeah, probably overkill, but if I can squeeze a few more watts out of my drivetrain, then I'll feel a hell of a lot less foolish worrying about hub and BB bearings, and tires, and bars, and wheels, and everything else I like to obsess over, and geek out about. Besides, sometimes the "optimality vs value" chart gets thrown out.
Also reality: Buying new stuff is kind of cathartic. Hence this thread.