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Funny, the last time I read an article about bicycles here, a writer was getting dragged for trying to explain that same point. https://news.ycombinator.com/ite
by Eric_WVGG 3y ago
Funny, the last time I read an article about bicycles here, a writer was getting dragged for trying to explain that same point. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39181473 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39181473
- albinowax_ 3y agoThere's a pretty big gap between the bikes in this post and the kind of carbon road bike most people ride eg, a Giant Defy
- plagiarist 3y agoThe point that the racing bike is more likely to have a failure during use? The difference seems to be suggesting people not have a toy they want vs. only explaining that there is a serious drawback. Occasionally something happens that makes the attitude really stand out. I once saw an actual electrician tell someone their 3D printed light switch cover was an accelerant. He suggested they re-do one to attach on top of a standard flame-retardant cover. There were like half a dozen "nuh-uh" comments from people who felt attacked by that.
- plorkyeran 3y agoThe bikes this post is talking about and the bikes that post is talking about have basically nothing in common. Mass market carbon bikes aren't designed to be used for exactly one race and then thrown away in the way that tri bikes sometimes are.
- lobochrome 3y agoNo tri bike is designed to be used just once in a race. Not even the GOAT ever used single-use frames. A frame is ridden for a season - unless it breaks.