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> No matter how much research they do, a partisan of the best might not ever know as much about motorcycles as the partisan of the worst who takes a series of h
by charles_f 4y ago
> No matter how much research they do, a partisan of the best might not ever know as much about motorcycles as the partisan of the worst who takes a series of hare-brained cross-country motorcycle trips on a bike that barely runs, and ends up learning a ton about how to fix their constantly breaking bike along the way.
I don't know much about motorbikes, but I do about mountain bikes. Since it's so expensive, your first bike can and almost should be a shitty one, just to validate you like the sport. But once you determined you like it, you're so much better off investing in a good, stable, reliable bike, and go into harder terrain, rather than risking your life on simple trails with a shit bike. For once it will be more fun, but also you'll progress faster with equipment that you already over-class.
If the point is to maximize your enjoyment of life, I think generally speaking it makes sense not to spend on stuff that doesn't matter. But saving your nickels and pennies on stuff you actually enjoy doesn't make any sense, because it will in fact make your experience worse.
- foogazi 4y ago> But once you determined you like it, you're so much better off investing in a good, stable, reliable bike, and go into harder terrain, rather than risking your life on simple trails with a shit bike. No, no, no - get the worst bike with the worst seat, tires and brakes then instead of merely “doing the hill”, if you even make it to the top, throw your bike down the hill and walk all the way down - see if you go too fast you’ll end up missing the little things nature has in store for you /s
- charles_f 4y agoReminds me of a Seth's bike hacks episode where he found a broken shit bike in the bushes at the top of the hill, then repaired it and sold it. Was it yours?
- evilotto 4y agoWhen you're buying tools, buy the cheapest one that will do the job. After you use that tool for a while and it breaks (because it's cheap) then go out and buy the best one you can afford, because you're already justified that you use the tool enough to break a cheap one.
- exmadscientist 4y agoNot quite: upgrade tools when they annoy you, not when they break. Almost the same, but you're not left suffering through using stuff that you hate. You'll never spend extra money on tools you don't use, because if you don't use it, you can't get annoyed! And if something somehow manages to break without annoying you -- perhaps you used it for a truly difficult task -- then you can and probably should go ahead and buy another of the same.