Originally Posted by
carpediemracing
haha. I'm good with tubulars. Was a disc wheel and I committed to tubulars for them.
More seriously though I have rim brakes and 10s, no electric anything. At some point I'll have to upgrade and it's going to hurt. Going on 16 years now, I upgraded to 10s in 2005.
Oh I do have disc brakes on the tandem. But that's it.
As you already know - the 10spd stuff is great and there's no real reason to switch.
Also - yes the new stuff really very very nice.
None of this makes pedaling a bike any easier.
Some of it makes stopping a bike slightly easier.
Everything new is $$$$$$$$$$$$ if you can even find it. Took roughly a year to build the last major road bike project I worked on. Left the parts up to the customer then I got tired of waiting and we spend a few hours tracking down individual parts to finish the build. Used Amazon, Friends on Facebook, Misc online shops, called in favors, etc. It's nuts and non-sustainable.