borsuk
Active Member
hello all, newbie....
how old are your bikes? i ask because i've been considering buying a new bike for a while now but can't honestly find a reason other than my natural male inclination to possess more shiny new things, and more shiny new things, and more shiny new things, and... - something my wife, wise woman that she is, has been quick to point out.
i use my bike for commuting, 80% road/cycle path and a bit of gravel/wood chip woodland path. i got it about 15 years ago now - a merida something or other (crossfire, perhaps?). nothing special, i think, but then there was pretty limited choice back then where i live (poland), as you can probably imagine. still, although there are all sorts of weird and wonderful shiny new things available these days, every time i get back in the saddle i find it a joy to ride - far superior, for me, to any of the newer, doubtless more expensive technological marvels my friends have.
as an example, this week i wandered into the local 'decathlon' to take a look at the metallic marvels on display. wonderful indeed, they looked... and yet... i had a ride on several round their car park and found nothing to compare to my old merida. of course, they had wonderful elements but, unless you like bouncing up and down as you pedal or closely inspecting your handlebars every time you brake, i'm not sure i see the point of front-fork suspension on a road bike...
i suppose what i'm wondering is whether my attachment to my superannuated cycle is typical, or whether in fact i am some kind of luddite neanderthal hopelessly clinging to my square wheels as everyone else delights in advances beyond my ken. so, how old are your bikes? how often do you buy a new bike?
(though i enjoy the sound of my own typing, i am in fact aware that i am a long-winded old fart. i promise, therefore, to at least try to finish each stultifyingly long effort with the one or two sentences worth reading in each post, as above)
how old are your bikes? i ask because i've been considering buying a new bike for a while now but can't honestly find a reason other than my natural male inclination to possess more shiny new things, and more shiny new things, and more shiny new things, and... - something my wife, wise woman that she is, has been quick to point out.
i use my bike for commuting, 80% road/cycle path and a bit of gravel/wood chip woodland path. i got it about 15 years ago now - a merida something or other (crossfire, perhaps?). nothing special, i think, but then there was pretty limited choice back then where i live (poland), as you can probably imagine. still, although there are all sorts of weird and wonderful shiny new things available these days, every time i get back in the saddle i find it a joy to ride - far superior, for me, to any of the newer, doubtless more expensive technological marvels my friends have.
as an example, this week i wandered into the local 'decathlon' to take a look at the metallic marvels on display. wonderful indeed, they looked... and yet... i had a ride on several round their car park and found nothing to compare to my old merida. of course, they had wonderful elements but, unless you like bouncing up and down as you pedal or closely inspecting your handlebars every time you brake, i'm not sure i see the point of front-fork suspension on a road bike...
i suppose what i'm wondering is whether my attachment to my superannuated cycle is typical, or whether in fact i am some kind of luddite neanderthal hopelessly clinging to my square wheels as everyone else delights in advances beyond my ken. so, how old are your bikes? how often do you buy a new bike?
(though i enjoy the sound of my own typing, i am in fact aware that i am a long-winded old fart. i promise, therefore, to at least try to finish each stultifyingly long effort with the one or two sentences worth reading in each post, as above)
My MTB is 11 years old too!
