A cycling industry rant
It is getting more and more difficult to find the simple bicycle frames and groupsets.
CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Carbon fiber
02:45 Fork problems
04:57 STIs, discs, and suspension
08:43 More and more gears
10:49 Technical trails
11:44 Cranks design
15:28 Short chainstays
17:34 Threadless stems
18:05 Disc brakes
21:20 Choices?
The damaged frame in the photo was built by Richard Sachs:
https://richardsachs.com/
Useful LINKS:
A longer version, explaining the pros and cons (and why you should avoid some stuff):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5t7FNTg_E0
Carbon fiber (and other bike materials) explained - the pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/11144/bicycle-frame-materials-explained/
Friction Shifters Explained:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-a3bXH0ZJ1Y
1x drivetrain (groups) pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/6075/pros-and-cons-of-1x-groupsets-systems/
Unsafe and bad cycling industry patents:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/10123/unsafe-cycling-patents/
The interesting video by @SethsBikeHacks (Berm Peak):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbKbRlbVFDY
Disc vs rim bicycle brakes – pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/3871/pros-and-cons-od-bicycle-disc-brakes-compared-to-rim-brakes/
The story of the threadless stems (and the cycling industry in general):
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/17645/cycling-industry-nonsense/
Hookless rims nonsense:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/15864/hookless-rims/
Tubeless bicycle tyres mess:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/15980/tubeless-bicycle-tyres/
The @SurlyBikes4130 Long Haul Trucker rim brake frame (out of production now):
https://surlybikes.com/bikes/legacy/long_haul_trucker
Snežana Radojičić ( @Biciklom_oko_sveta ) has been travelling all around the globe for about ten years on a rim-brake Surly Long Haul Trucker frame.
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