Look whats just been invented 😉

[Tayside]

I am holding on to my Allsop Softride stem (150mm) ,it's going to be worth a fortune.
Oh hang on,I just remembered it's a quill fitting

 

[KayOs]

^sweet, is it available in aluminum with more gears? View attachment 1004970

But at least 5 grip positions are missing. Unrideable!

 

[ishaw]

I am holding on to my Allsop Softride stem (150mm) ,it's going to be worth a fortune.
Oh hang on,I just remembered it's a quill fitting

I'm sure at some point quill stems will be reinvented. Hang in there.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I am so sick of the constantly evolving set of "standards" for bbs, headsets, proprietary seatpost shapes etc... and don't even get me started on idiotic internal cabling routed through bar, stem and headset.

From a professional perspective, the owners of this type of bike are often as complex and delicate as their proprietory seatpost clamp "system"

 

[M-Power]

From a professional perspective, the owners of this type of bike are often as complex and delicate as their proprietory seatpost clamp "system"

Not to mention how cardio unfit many young people are. I see so many yoof these days just flick a switch and blast up a small hill. BITD we took great pleasure in dropoing a few cogs and spinning up. And another thing, how long until bicycles are more expensive than cars ? £6500 ^^& 20K for a Spesh

 

[wynne]

From a professional perspective, the owners of this type of bike are often as complex and delicate as their proprietory seatpost clamp "system"

From a professional perspective, many of the owners of these bikes have not counted on the fact that the replacement of a headset bearing might cost them £200. That's £28 for the bearing plus 2+ hours of f-ing around routing hoses back through sh*tely "designed" frames, potentially having to remove the BB, bleed the brakes, struggle with the corroded 2mm Allen bolts that don't want to budge, put everything back together etc etc. I know two very competent full-time freelance mechanics who have gone back to being reps because they are so fed up with the total carp that is the design of frames to shave a few watts (in spite of the fact that most of them are going to be ridden by hapless non-aero lumps).

 

[bikeworkshop]

As you need to cut the Olives off the hoses to draw them through the tiny frame holes, then if the hoses were the right length previously, they need replacing

"£200, for a headset bearing!
I'll do it myself."

2 weeks later...
"£200? Cool, thanks."

 

[MattiThundrrr]

But at least 5 grip positions are missing. Unrideable!

Yeah stuck with only the useful one instead..

 

[basketcase]

And another thing, how long until bicycles are more expensive than cars ?

They're already more expensive than any car I ever owned