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With the advancements in frame and component tech, we now have bikes that shift from a light tap on a switch with not a single cable in sight but the price increases across the board for all the "better" stuff feels like swimming against a riptide.
I'm having the feeling of going back to basics, being able to feel the exposed shifter / brake cable taut across the frame and being able to pluck on it like a well tuned guitar.
Setting a dialed in drive train like a well tuned carburetor and having to maintain it and compensate for cable stretch along the way.
Benefiting from the weight saving from a rim brake set-up rather than trying to shave off another hundred grams from various components at exponential prices.
And for all of the above, I have come into possession a used Giant TCR Composite frame which I'm gonna take my time to collect parts and build.
Anyone feeling the same way or am I experiencing a case of "Beggars can't be choosers"
I'm having the feeling of going back to basics, being able to feel the exposed shifter / brake cable taut across the frame and being able to pluck on it like a well tuned guitar.
Setting a dialed in drive train like a well tuned carburetor and having to maintain it and compensate for cable stretch along the way.
Benefiting from the weight saving from a rim brake set-up rather than trying to shave off another hundred grams from various components at exponential prices.
And for all of the above, I have come into possession a used Giant TCR Composite frame which I'm gonna take my time to collect parts and build.
Anyone feeling the same way or am I experiencing a case of "Beggars can't be choosers"