• fruitdealer@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Electric shifting has pretty much 0 maintenance these days, there are no adjustments on the electric derailleurs that bolt on to the frame. Charging it once a month is mildly annoying though and I wish they put bigger density batteries in.

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      6 hours ago

      like, imagine buying a new bike for $15K and having other cyclists laugh at you for being so cheap

      This has never happened ever, not even once.

      Tour de France-level bikes cost $15k. You quite literally cannot spend more.

      • Mr.Chewy@lemmy.world
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        4 hours ago

        While my bike was 300 and I like to say that anything above 500 is too much; I do have acquaitance with a man with a 1500€ bike that has acquaintance with a person with a 30k€ bike Dx

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          person with a 30k€ bike Dx

          Unless it was a custom build or something from a luxury automotive brand, that seems unlikely.

    • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      7 hours ago

      Disc brakes aren’t fancy any more, or insanely expensive – and they can be way easier to work on than truing a wheel perfectly to get your rim brakes working just right.

      Maybe I’ve been lucky but only once did i need to get my brake lines bled. Otherwise, just replace the pads when they wear out, and the thing is self-adjusting.

      Miss me with that electronic shifting though. We’re not airplanes. We don’t need fly by wire.

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      8 hours ago

      You don’t need any of that stuff though. That’s just for rich bike nerds. Tell those dorks to get stuffed while you save a few thousand dollars.