Originally Posted by
HillRider
First, you are over a year late to this party. Second, where do you get that nonesense that steel bearings are 20 time heavier? Steel bearings last for a short time? How about two years and 8000 miles and they were still in great shape and no rust of any kind.
Spend you money how you like but don't come up with fictional reasons to justify it.
Talking about fictional reasons to justify spending money, I think bicyclists are extremely good at that. See ultra-expensive crank-arms, for an example: "I spent $300 on these cranks, so they are
stiffer than a $45 crankset! It must be, because I paid so much..."