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Thats smart. At least its good practice :) I’m pretty quick changing them out nowadays!
That sounds expensive.
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Yeah, I have owned a few race bikes, a couple hardtails, and I currently own a recumbent and a Cannondale Habit 4. I’ve always felt that bicycle stuff is over-priced. The bike shops will quote economy of scale principles to you, but these bikes are built at a huge scale, so that’s kind of a silly argument to me. I get the R&D side of things too, but realistically I think there’s enormous markup on premium bicycle components. Which brings us back to the original comment. Nice rims are heckin expensive, so owning two sets sounds expensive. Haha. It’s a good solution though, and like you said, it’s still a lot more affordable than a car.
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Haha. Yeah that’s one way to do it. ‘Not nice’ bike components are pretty affordable.
I found my recumbent at a yard sale. It was hand made by some local bike company in Seattle. The guy wanted $500 for it, but I had a Scattante race bike with a carbon fork and a Shimano 105 groupset that I didn’t want, so we traded. I bought the race bike at Value Village for $185 and commuted on it for a couple years before trading it, so I got an all-around great deal, and he got a sweet race bike that he wanted.
We must be long-lost siblings. I thought I was the only one who could cause the snow to arrive (or not) by changing out my studded bicycle tires.
What brand of bike do you have? I don’t think I have seen that style of downtube before.
Trek Verve+ 2
It looks really good. I like the frame style!
Thanks! They’re pretty common here in Madison Wisconsin
