Originally Posted by
dynaryder
If you like the old bike,and it fits well,it might be a good idea to just get it fixed up,providing you don't have to do major surgery. If the BB and headset bearings are shot,the rims are worn or spoke tension a mess,and all the cables need replacing,then it might be time to retire it.
It's really a funny thing about bicycles in particular as a consumer good. They are so maintainable, more than a car, more than any appliance, definitely more than any electronic. It's absolutely possible to fix every single thing about any average bike-shop bike from the last fifty years, as good or better than brand new, with parts you can just buy right now. But our overlords moving all manufacturing of consumer goods to China made it so that buying anything has a depressed price compared to fixing it, and doing that fixup is only for insane hobbyists.
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."