Originally Posted by
bulgie
But I'm old and retro and out of touch, so maybe there's some newer way worth looking at, I wouldn't know.
Mark B
I have to remind myself there are advantages to people trying things old retrogrouches have seen a couple of times before which didn't work. Sometimes the new guy gets something to work because things have changed! But I feel like if someone is going to repeat history they should know that's what they are doing.
My favorite example is the Sachs wheels that had the cassette that stayed with the frame. Which Cinelli reinvented. Then 10 years ago they were reinvented again. Then 8 years ago, someone reinvented it again. It makes me wonder how many times between Sachs and now it has been reinvented. It always worked, but it never lasted. Well, Cinelli might have invented the through axle, which seems like it's going to stick now.