>>2002343Rain existed but water resistance was actually shit but it was offset because watch repair was an ordinary thing people got locally for cheap, adjusted for inflation you could fuck up your watch and fix it for the price of 2 dinners at a mediocre restaurant, nowadays that's 3 dinners at a michelin 3-star and it goes back to switzerland for 6 months and then USCS steals it on the way back, no appeals allowed, because Rolex S.A. told them anything crossing borders is automagically fake. But even a dive watch back then was like 30m WR and if you fucked it up because you went too long before new gaskets it was no biggie, much like bikes, watches have gotten insanely good and we just take it for granted except for retrodouches who romanticize grubby fragile garbage that is a nightmare to live with
>>2002345> I do have decent roads, and for big impacts I just stand up a little.I guess that works if your roads are completely empty and there's nothing else to pay attention to other than the actual road surface and you have unlimited room and time to maneuver, brake, shift your weight around, and do whatever else it takes to be fully comfy at all times. I have a trail like that on an old railroad right of way, which I take sometimes, and it's comfy. But for road riding where there's trucks and fucked up soft shoulders and other cyclists and traffic signals, I'd rather not have to spend all my energy trying to minimize anal jackhammering. Guess I answered my own question there, it's another shitter for me
