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Old 11-10-25 | 10:04 PM
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From: Newbury Park, CA
I appreciate both vintage bikes and modern bikes and I don't have 'lines' exactly, but there are things I'm not personally interested in using:
  • Too much technology on the handlebars - a bike computer should have just a few buttons and simple data fields during the ride. I ride bikes to get away from watching screens.
  • Tight leather, leather bondage straps and metal cages - specifically saddles and pedal clips. They're sexy to look at, but painful to use and not in a good way.
  • Tubular tires - I roll my eyes when anyone complains about the minor annoyances of tubeless, because these are nothing compared to the sticky horror from the dark ages of tire technology.
  • E-bikes where the motor is more powerful than the rider - I don't care how carefully tuned the assist is to feel like pedaling, if the machine is clearly more powerful than me then I'm operating a machine, not riding a bicycle anymore.
  • Brakes that use corrosive fluid that breaks down plastic, paint, and skin - I am on team mineral oil.
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