Man, Did I get a good laugh (Bicycling Mag,Apr 2017 pg. 52)
03-06-17, 08:02 PM
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Good one!
So I'll look through it for a year. KBMy wife did the same last year. Lots of ads and some interesting stuff but the thing I remember most was the Eddy Merckx alphabet
03-06-17, 08:18 PM
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Viewing the age of a bicycle in years is a foolish exercise. I had a Cannondale flat-bar hybrid for 12 years, and it was in mint condition when I sold it-- with perhaps (at most) 1,500 miles on it. Meanwhile, the cracked remains of my KHS CX100 frame hang on a hook in my workshop, because I put ~22k miles on it in 23 months and killed it.
When it comes to bikes, age is the most insignificant number.
When it comes to bikes, age is the most insignificant number.
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The problem with an $8000 bike is it becomes a $4000 bike the minute you ride it out the door of the bike shop 
In my 6 years of C&V purchases, I'm sure I haven't spent $8000 cumulatively. Probably close to $5000, including all parts and tires and doodads. Never have bought a new bike. Got 18 old ones, however.
In my 6 years of C&V purchases, I'm sure I haven't spent $8000 cumulatively. Probably close to $5000, including all parts and tires and doodads. Never have bought a new bike. Got 18 old ones, however.
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03-06-17, 09:21 PM
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I am a member of the League of American Bicyclists, partially to maintain my League Certified Instructor status. A subscription to Bicycling comes with League membership, so I flip through the rag monthly, rolling my eyes as appropriate.
This article kind of makes our point for us. What new bike can you buy that will buck the planned obsolescence imperative so that you will still be able to buy parts for it in the future? The answer to that question looks a lot like a C&V bike.
This article kind of makes our point for us. What new bike can you buy that will buck the planned obsolescence imperative so that you will still be able to buy parts for it in the future? The answer to that question looks a lot like a C&V bike.
03-06-17, 09:39 PM
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I think it is a valid topic for an article, but to use it as a determining factor for purchasing a new bike worth $8000 is a bit ludicrous. Said the man who is going to replace his wife's stolen bike (bought new in 2012) with a 1981 Trek frame and tri-color drive train...
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03-07-17, 07:02 AM
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Rodale ruins another, "used to be good", magazine. Seems to be their stock in trade, and some other non-Rodale titles out there are headed towards the cliff's edge. Sigh.....
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03-07-17, 07:31 AM
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I can find more laughs in a week of C&V forum posts than a decade of Bicycling articles.
03-07-17, 12:13 PM
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Rodale now is most certainly not the Rodale of old (thinking of "Organic Gardening" magazine and other publications).
03-07-17, 12:29 PM
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03-07-17, 06:46 PM
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But, an old school Organic Gardening magazine sounds like a good idea, is there another you would choose in its place?
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03-07-17, 08:09 PM
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I'm not sure I would even know how to spend $8000 on a bike! And I own a cf bike (9 yrs old). That's way more than twice what all three of my bikes cost me together. Oh yeah, and avg. age is 21 years.
03-11-17, 03:35 PM
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Interesting take you have on the Bicycling article, and on the magazine itself.
In the section titled "Do You Want Tp Ride Something With Heritage" (I think that's the section). The writer waxed poetic about two of my bikes, the C60 and the Master.
Given some of the opinions here, I better just give away those two bikes and go shopping at Walmart.
If the Bicycling writer loved those two bikes, they mus be wortless, right?
In the section titled "Do You Want Tp Ride Something With Heritage" (I think that's the section). The writer waxed poetic about two of my bikes, the C60 and the Master.
Given some of the opinions here, I better just give away those two bikes and go shopping at Walmart.
If the Bicycling writer loved those two bikes, they mus be wortless, right?
03-11-17, 04:01 PM
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Having broken a Nishiki Competition frame at the 20-year mark and a Peugeot UO-8 frame at the 25-year mark, I acknowledge that even though "steel is real," it is not immortal.
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When I worked for Bicycling I refused to do "bike reviews." Finally they made me do one. My article had phrases like, "The brakes stop it on a cliche, which is a coin slightly smaller than a dime." "The seatpost and saddle held me up admirably, and the cranks didn't break or fall off." After that they stopped asking.
Then I wrote the Universal Bike Review for my own magazine, Fat Tire Flyer, which can be used for any bicycle.
Then I wrote the Universal Bike Review for my own magazine, Fat Tire Flyer, which can be used for any bicycle.
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...Then I wrote the Universal Bike Review for my own magazine, Fat Tire Flyer, which can be used for any bicycle.
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When I spend eight grand on a bike it darn well better have an engine in it.
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In 1984 I bought a brand new 1982 BMW R100RS. If I remember correctly it cost me $5900 CAD. Would I pay $8000 for a New "Wonder Bike"? Not a chance. Especially when I can still buy Vintage Steel at reasonable prices.