--- Gjvinbikes@aol.com wrote:
> Umm, 1998 + 5 = 2003, and then I'll need a NEW
> ti-mobile with a 1 1/8"
> threadless headset and head tube, and maybe new rear
> drop-out spacing to
> handle Shimano 14 speed clusters which will be the
> only ones still
> available....it just goes on and on.
A new bike every five years? That sounds good to me.
Even at 100 miles a week, that's over 25,000 miles.
Though most bikes wouldn't be dead at that point, they
are hardly good-as-new either. I'll pass on the
Ti-mobile though, that was the previous five-year
product cycle. New bikes are aluminum these days, so
the five years is probably becoming wishful....
>
> > No matter how
> durable/interchangable/rebuildable/universally
> > compatible the old and conservative stuff is, you
> won't find a
> > old at the LBS.
>
> Given that this is rapidly becoming more and more
> close to the literal truth,
> what do you suggest one tour on ? Must everyone buy
> a new bike or at least
> new component group every five years or so in order
> to be able to maintain a
> functional ride ?
>
> It is a shame that I enjoy so much riding my older
> (1970's) bikes, since soon
> I will have worn out everything I can easily obtain
> to maintain them as
> riders. Guess I should really just hang them as art
> objects ? Then I could
> spend my riding time on my 1998 P-shop Ti-Mobile,
> with 8-speed Shimano STI.
> Umm, 1998 + 5 = 2003, and then I'll need a NEW
> ti-mobile with a 1 1/8"
> threadless headset and head tube, and maybe new rear
> drop-out spacing to
> handle Shimano 14 speed clusters which will be the
> only ones still
> available....it just goes on and on. What if they
> change the pitch of chains
> to something narrower than 1" so they can get more
> gearing variations ? What
> if spoked wheels become "no longer supported" and
> separate hubs and rims are
> no longer produced new ? What if the bike companies
> decide to put hydrolic
> disc brakes on all new road bikes so they eliminate
> the braking surfaces on
> the sides (and undersides for you British Roadster
> fans) of all new rims ?
>
> Progress. I'm getting out of most of that stuff. I
> think its
> marketing-driven. Its called "churning" in other
> venues, isn't it ?
>
> Glenn Jordan - Durham, NC
>
>
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