Like cars, I hate that complexities are defining "bicycles". I love my
bikes and love riding them. Keeping them functioning versus in service is
my objective and there is no more timely arrangement than me being able to
execute adjustments, service and repair. Complexity challenges entropy
On Saturday 25 May 2024 at 2:31:29 am UTC+10 nca...@gmail.com wrote:
then folks decided *wireless* groupsets had to be a thing (first released
only 4 years after the first iPad).
Long before that. Mavic Mektronic pre-dated the iPad by at least a decade,
and its predecessor (Mavic Zap, which
I have to wonder whether the increased cost per square area of the ever
popular e-bike vs, say, a simple bike that most folks used to purchase for
around town has improved the bottom line of many a bike ship. Of course, we
also see the trend of big box bike brands buying out many a good local
I always appreciated solid designs, but definitively stepped off the train
in the late 90's.
I'd been reading GP's writings and spent a lot of time on Sheldon's site.
Slowly realizing that simple and dependable beat flashy and light every day
of the week.
I was riding a ton through a
please please please let it be an April-Fool's joke
On Friday, May 24, 2024 at 1:09:04 PM UTC-4 Patrick Moore wrote:
> SaaS -- Shifting-as-a-Service, and "your personal power assistant." I love
> it.
>
> On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM Robert Calton wrote:
>
>> To add an amusing, cynical
SaaS -- Shifting-as-a-Service, and "your personal power assistant." I love
it.
On Fri, May 24, 2024 at 10:41 AM Robert Calton wrote:
> To add an amusing, cynical thought: can you imagine Shifting-as-a-Service?
> New fully integrated wireless 5G groupsets charge you $10/month for 1,000
> shifts
To add an amusing, cynical thought: can you imagine Shifting-as-a-Service?
New fully integrated wireless 5G groupsets charge you $10/month for 1,000
shifts and then you're stuck with a fixie. Or pony up $40/month for
unlimited shifts and get your shifting analytics pushed to the latest Shimano
My sense is that the complexity of bikes has risen proportionally with the
extent to which* riders have agreed to make bicycling complex*. Decades
ago, we as riders didn't much care about quantifying the power put to the
pedals, then in the late 80s, powermeters became a thing. Then as our
