Originally Posted by
Rolla
What's your limit on bike technology, if you have one? Where do you draw the line on the newfangled, and what old-school stuff do you remain devoted to?
A good question, Rolla. I am riding a custom steel bike from 1990 that came with 7-speed bar-end shifters, a triple crank and 19mm tires. I stopped upgrading the drive train at 9sp and there it remains, but I did make the
big leap to STI about five years ago, and 650b wheels for fatter tires three years ago. It rides well, and I am satisfied with it.
I have no aversion to new tech. Were anything to happen to the current bike, either by accident or unavailability of parts, I'd be happy to replace it with a new bike with current technology. But the only current bike tech that I'd actually be jazzed about would be electronic shifting; everything else, such as more speeds and disc brakes, would only be an incremental improvement if any, and so I don't care about it.
At this point in life, I can have what I want, but I'd rather want what I have.
It's good topic!