Originally Posted by
crushkilldstroy
Oh puke. I'm sure this setup will offer some sort of warranty if they're really planning on selling it for a billion or so dollars.
I ride fixed for simplicity. I'm sure there will be a warranty that's not what I'm worried about, its any sort of long ride. If I break down on my traditional geared bikes I can turn them into single speeds in a matter of minutes. I rarely have drive train problems on my fixed gear bike and I would like to keep it that way.
Originally Posted by
crushkilldstroy
I swear, nobody in the cycling community shuns new technology more than the fixed gear market. People actually show interest in new products on other boards instead of writing them up as failures before the thread is even over.
No one is writing it off as a failure. I think this isn't for the fixed gear market. Fixed gear bikes have very few parts compared to other bikes. As far as someone shunning new technology you are talking to someone with a rather modern practically almost a motorcycle full suspension bike. I embrace technology, but embrace it when there is a problem I need fixing. I get on my fixed gear bike, don't think about shifting, I just spin. Spin spin spin. I have no problems to solve therefor I don't need a new product for it. I ride on the mountain, I go down rock gardens so I have a problem getting down in one piece: suspension. I go up incredibly steep hills: granny gearing, regular brakes don't fit the bill: disc brakes.
Technology for technologies sake is ******** and as someone in an industry where I see the "wheel" essentially being reinvented every two days by some wide eyed developer you gain a much more skeptical and practical eye for these things.