Originally Posted by
mihlbach
If you just blindly upgrade from the beginning, you are likely to end up just wasting money.
Ah yes, my Thomson stem.
On a serious note, I doubt you'll find much, if any, difference between most parts from Origin8, All City, Eighth Inch, etc. at the same price point. No one is doing any ground-breaking R&D here. It really comes down to service. I got some Eighth Inch cranks because 1) I scratched my brand new cranks, and that bugged me to no end, and 2) they post on the forums, so I wanted to support a company that comes here to participate and get some feedback.