Originally Posted by Digital Gee
How do bike model years compare to car model years? What I mean is, with cars there's usually a bunch of supposed improvements throughout the car every year even if for the most part they look pretty similar. But is that true on bikes as well, or is 'model year' pretty meaningless, except as a way of knowing when the bike was manufactured?
This is sort of funny...
Last week, Linda and I borrowed some older (1999, 2000 and 2001) Tour de France videos. As we were watching the 1999 one, we both commented on how old the bikes looked. Now, I know there wasn't
that much difference, and I don't know what it was, but we both noticed it. The handlebars, the stems, the wheels. It's really noticable how much they've changed at least in appearance.
I know it doesn't really address your question, but just an observation anyway
Steve