you should be the day dreaming vagabond and some commercial entity should be bankrolling your dither
can we get McKinsey & Company on this??
the eightfold path to bicycle nirvana
(is the working title of my ebook)
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bikes and cars i think go through similar lifespan phases
0-5 years old: shiny new thing you love
5-10 years old: starting to need some maintenance but youre like i can’t part with it now, this is my every day thing i love, but maybe i just cut my losses now
10-15 years old: this thing is starting to look dated and unfashionable and i see these other shiny new things around that i might want better
15-25 years: everyone’s thing looks better than mine and everyone is laughing at my old out of date equipment that i can’t get parts for without upgrading everything or installing claris
25+ years old: cool and collectable
gotta either stick it out for the long game or play the sell/buy every 5 years game.
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send the mone back home to the motherland
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Taiwan?
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change years to months and it applies to my relationship with bicycles.
maybe weeks.
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several factors speed it up.
after about 2 seasons i wear out all the expensive parts on my mtb and want to throw it away for a new one.
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Ohhhh you RIDE bikes. Fascinating, what’s that like.
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expensive, all the parts get worn out.
so at least you don’t have all that maintenance piling up if you get a new bike every 90 days
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