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You know what has changed in bikes since I was fiddling with them as a teenager in the late 90s? YouTube. Got back in to riding bikes, got a bit sick of paying
by jackvalentine 4y ago
You know what has changed in bikes since I was fiddling with them as a teenager in the late 90s? YouTube.
Got back in to riding bikes, got a bit sick of paying for some iffy service but being unable to articulate why I was unhappy and decided to do my own work.
Every single thing that you could possibly imagine needing to be done is on YouTube. Back when I was a kid it was a case of ask my friend’s dad how to adjust the deraileur and getting it horribly wrong.
- jansan 4y agoOne other thing that has really changed for the better is lighting. With the development of LEDs, lithium batteries and hub dynamos this is literally a difference like night and day. I remember once pressing a rim dynamo into the spokes while trying to switch on the light while riding, which resulted in a spectacular somersault.
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoLED lighting has actually regressed from the halogen systems available 15 years ago. You're expected to shell out $300+ for high end systems that don't match the performance of what much cheaper halogens could do. Couple that with the near universal dishonesty about specs and it's a consumer nightmare.