Dreaming about building up a new bike is what started this discussion. I've been using bar end shifters (friction) for 4 years now and over 25,000 miles of riding (most commuting) I've noticed I can easily get 10,000 miles out of a cheap hub or BB. I had a Shimano Sora shifter fail (before the bar ends) after about 10,000 miles. I think that's good mileage for the price and I never had a problem with shifting, however I'm not used to anything more costly then that.
On Thursday, November 27, 2014 4:54:55 PM UTC-8, Benedikt wrote: > > Does anyone feel that the expensive group sets (i.e. derailleurs, cranks, > cassettes, brake/shift levers) are any better then the entry level? What is > it that drives the price up? Is it the performance or just the material > it's made up of/weight? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.