Originally Posted by
acidfast7
Yeah, but you have to buy 4 sets of wheels, initially, which is expensive.
I guess your commute is quite easy, not stop/go in the mountains.
Most Germans I ride with would rather have one great bike (€2-4k) than 4 OK (€500-€1k) bikes, maybe you guys are different.
Me thinks you assume too much. First, the bikes
come with wheels. It's part of a package. They can't really go without them.
My commute is a fairly average urban/suburban commute with around 500 feet of elevation gain on either route I take to work. The bulk of that elevation gain...around 450 feet...occurs on the last 4 miles in and, more importantly, the first 4 miles of downhill on the way back home. I can easily hit 35 to 40 mph on the first half mile of the return and keep up around 30 mph on the next 2 miles. That's a good drop in my book. We have better ones around here...50 mph isn't that hard to hit...but a 30 mph downhill is respectable.
Finally, again you assume too much on the cost of
my bicycles. I've reached an age where I don't ride crap bikes any more. I've reach an age where I don't ride mediocre bikes any more. I won't repost my bikes...you can find various pictures of them in the Forums...but let's just say that this is my beater bike
and the only reason it has discs is because Fox doesn't make a fork for rim brakes any more.