Originally Posted by
surak
Have you ever bought or wished you bought a part/accessory that later became hard to source after the manufacturer discontinued it? Not talking about C&V stuff, but more recent electronics and gadgets. I bought a NOS CX bike with a Quarq Prime crankset that can be upgraded with a DZero power meter spider, which not many places sell anymore. I don't need a PM since I already have PowerTap P2 pedals, but I wonder if I will regret not buying the spider when eventually there will be no way to buy it new. Part of me likes the idea of having the freedom to use other pedals on that bike, say SPD pedals if I get the urge to go off-road, but I really think the impending scarcity is swaying my judgment since I don't honestly have a pressing need for power measurements under that hypothetical situation.
YES! I was lucky a number of years ago to come across a small bicycle in the countryside that had a lot of NOS stuff.I bought every Uniglide cassette he had and also every Dura Ace AX brake pads he had.
There used to be a fellow (now deceased) just outside of town, and he fixed bicycles that were easy to fix and sold them cheap. For $40.00 CDN each, I bought a number of bicycles from him for the Deore parts (many of them Deerhead) especially the triple cranksets and bottom brackets. Around here I couldn't buy a used triple crankset for $40.00 CDN. I now have all the Uniglide cassettes and triple chainrings/cranksets I'm likely to need until I'm 100 years young.
Slightly related.
I'm very happy that I did NOT buy a Cygo Lite Centauri or Trident bicycle light after all. that's because they've stopped making any light that used an external battery pack. I'd have had yet another orphan item if I had.
Cheers