A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shops instead

Re:A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shop... by sonthonax on Monday August 23, 2021 @06:16PM (#28282702)

> You can do much of that maintenance yourself if you're a nerd

I’m finding this to less true these days. As bikes become more ‘integrated’ with components specific to the model they’re becoming harder to fix. It’s particularly bad with aero bikes that have aero handlebars, weird stems and internal routing.

Even if you’re a bike nerd, what you know won’t really apply on another bike anymore.

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Re:A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shop... by jamil7 on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:08AM (#28285613)

They cop a lot of ridicule for being impractical but a fixed gear track bike with a single front brake has been my daily commuter / beater for years with minimal maintenance. You can ride them through anything and they keep going, replace brake pads occasionally, a chain or a sprocket very occasionally and that’s basically it. I think they’re perfect from a maintenance perspective but it does depend on where you live.

Sheldon Brown had some good articles about their versatility.

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Re:A bike parts company ditched Amazon to support indie shop... by JKCalhoun on Monday August 23, 2021 @08:09PM (#28283662)

I agree. Buy used, buy old-school.

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