me too - what is better than new bike stuff ?? i am hard at work on few new rides. but, i find myself off-target from the marketing machines of the modern industry just a tad. take this item - i will bet no sane person on this earth will be jonesing for it:
and indeed why would they ?? i may know that drop bars are the proper bar for ANY bicycle, be it on road or off - i never did understand why XC mtn bikers think they need more control from their handlebars than the guys riding paris-roubaix - but this is a Knowledge shared by very very ( very) few. this stem will make it happen. some might say a Knowledge that is held to belief by a very very ( very ) few is in fact not a Knowledge, but rather a Disturbance - and i would not argue.
similarly, you can keep you swanky new XX derailleurs. gimme this beauty every time for my new 2X7 69er:
the bestest mtn derailleur ever made? well, yes it is but i dunno - don't they all work the same ?? make no mistake, tho - it is bad-ass, flush with cold-forged goodness and dripping with they-don't-make-em-like-they-used-to nipponese Quality. plus, i have a brand new one sitting here in my lab . . . . . how much for that XX one again ?? ??
ah well - beauty is in the eye of the beholder. even if that beholder is a group population of 1. new bike stuff rules !!
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I got a few of those gems as well as a few Superbes sitting around in the basement. That plastic SRAM stuff can't touch it.
i did not wish to mention the P-word, but there it is. calling it by a different name cain't help plastic being plastic.
show me some drop bar hydraulic brakes. I ain't arguin', just sayin'.
I like the way the "dirt drops" feel when in the drops... a bit of flare to them.
But they're absolutely NOT worth the effort if you need three miles high worth of spacers and an stem endorsed by "smiling Bob" and Enzyte.
ever see a "LD" stem ?? that's how dirt drops actually work, my friend.
Ah, just looked up the LD. But they still look ghey.
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