gtluke
The Moped
Some people like @mattybfat, @Pampa and @woody (if he had a choice) like mechanical disc brakes because TECHNOLOGY IS SCARY AND YOU MUST REPENT FOR YOUR SINS.
What are you still doing that is dumb but you still do BY CHOICE. I don't care if you have an old bike and it still has some old tech on it. What do you do on purpose? mechanical brakes? tubes? 130mm stems? 160mm rotor up front on a 29er? skinny tires? hubs that require cone wrenches? triple rings up front? Are you just Aaron Courain?
Me:
73mm threaded bottom brackets.
I refuse to buy another bike with one of these stupid 30mm junks. I have NO PROBLEM with the 30mm axle idea, but man does every implementation seem to be majorly flawed.
Once they figure it out I will eventually switch over but seriously this PF30 and BB30 can suck it. I don't care enough about the 50grams to warrant this. I can't be alone either. All the carbon bikes that come with 73mm BB seem to really brag about it in their bike descriptions. I know it's harder to manufacture carbon bikes with the 73mm shell and the frame suffers some weight because of it, they need more BB surface area to build the frame but I'd rather deal with that than CREAK CREAK CREAK TIME TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM BRACKET AGAIN.
27mm seat posts on a hard tail.
Just add to this that i'd never buy an aluminum hard tail, they are just awful to ride. Steel or some exotic material if you're serious. I'm not serious so I ride a steel bike. They ride like 7,000 times better.
Okay so I want the skinny falling out of style seat tube. It's one of the reasons that I didn't buy a replacement Nimble Nine when my Canfield cracked. They bumped the seat tube to 30.9
I want the flex. I think that's part of the enjoyment on the steel hardtail, the better ride quality. I want the bike to be flexible (in some areas) and one specifically is the seat tube and seat post. I believe Canfield did it because a lot of users wanted to run a dropper post. I think you can get some 27mm droppers but that seems kinda compromised. Maybe they are great, never looked into it.
Full suspension 29ers. I think they are dumb, I seem to be wrong about this but they all seem to handle like complete dog poop and it's not worth riding them. The Santa Cruz tallboy might be the only exception. I've ridden a LOT of full suspension 29ers and I just don't like them. I really just hate how high the bottom bracket is, and if you lower the bottom bracket, the bike just doesn't maneuver at all. So you have to choose between sitting up crazy high on the bike and losing confidence and center of gravity, or drop the BB and have a bike that is great at racing but just blows at riding around. You can overcome some of this by making the chainstays as short as possible. But that's tricky, and most bikes don't do it. In comes the Tallboy, or Juliana if you are into purple bikes. I think they made the best effort at crunching the back tire in there. It's the only FS 29er I didn't feel like I was fighting. They also only come with 73mm threaded bottom brackets because they must actually like their customers. Ideally someone will have the nerve to build a bike with a 29er wheel up front and a 650 wheel in the back. But omg, THE HORROR of 2 different size wheels! My Trek Fuel EX full suspension 69er had an AWESOME geometry. Unfortunately they cheaped out on the rear suspension design and the bike overall and I wanted something lighter/nicer.
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What are you still doing that is dumb but you still do BY CHOICE. I don't care if you have an old bike and it still has some old tech on it. What do you do on purpose? mechanical brakes? tubes? 130mm stems? 160mm rotor up front on a 29er? skinny tires? hubs that require cone wrenches? triple rings up front? Are you just Aaron Courain?
Me:
73mm threaded bottom brackets.
I refuse to buy another bike with one of these stupid 30mm junks. I have NO PROBLEM with the 30mm axle idea, but man does every implementation seem to be majorly flawed.
Once they figure it out I will eventually switch over but seriously this PF30 and BB30 can suck it. I don't care enough about the 50grams to warrant this. I can't be alone either. All the carbon bikes that come with 73mm BB seem to really brag about it in their bike descriptions. I know it's harder to manufacture carbon bikes with the 73mm shell and the frame suffers some weight because of it, they need more BB surface area to build the frame but I'd rather deal with that than CREAK CREAK CREAK TIME TO REPLACE THE BOTTOM BRACKET AGAIN.
27mm seat posts on a hard tail.
Just add to this that i'd never buy an aluminum hard tail, they are just awful to ride. Steel or some exotic material if you're serious. I'm not serious so I ride a steel bike. They ride like 7,000 times better.
Okay so I want the skinny falling out of style seat tube. It's one of the reasons that I didn't buy a replacement Nimble Nine when my Canfield cracked. They bumped the seat tube to 30.9
I want the flex. I think that's part of the enjoyment on the steel hardtail, the better ride quality. I want the bike to be flexible (in some areas) and one specifically is the seat tube and seat post. I believe Canfield did it because a lot of users wanted to run a dropper post. I think you can get some 27mm droppers but that seems kinda compromised. Maybe they are great, never looked into it.
Full suspension 29ers. I think they are dumb, I seem to be wrong about this but they all seem to handle like complete dog poop and it's not worth riding them. The Santa Cruz tallboy might be the only exception. I've ridden a LOT of full suspension 29ers and I just don't like them. I really just hate how high the bottom bracket is, and if you lower the bottom bracket, the bike just doesn't maneuver at all. So you have to choose between sitting up crazy high on the bike and losing confidence and center of gravity, or drop the BB and have a bike that is great at racing but just blows at riding around. You can overcome some of this by making the chainstays as short as possible. But that's tricky, and most bikes don't do it. In comes the Tallboy, or Juliana if you are into purple bikes. I think they made the best effort at crunching the back tire in there. It's the only FS 29er I didn't feel like I was fighting. They also only come with 73mm threaded bottom brackets because they must actually like their customers. Ideally someone will have the nerve to build a bike with a 29er wheel up front and a 650 wheel in the back. But omg, THE HORROR of 2 different size wheels! My Trek Fuel EX full suspension 69er had an AWESOME geometry. Unfortunately they cheaped out on the rear suspension design and the bike overall and I wanted something lighter/nicer.
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