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Is the obsession with endlessly "upgrading" your mountain bike just consoomerism? I just bought a Giant Talon 4, the cheapest mountain bike at my local shop, on impulse. The consensus seems to be that it is a piece of shit but I know nothing about mountain bikes and have no idea if it's a "piece of shit" in the sense that other bikes can go heckin' faster, or if it's a "piece of shit" in the sense that it will fall apart and leave me stranded 30 miles from home. I'm seeing all this shit about how you "need" to upgrade from the stock brakes or whatever, but all I care about is the bike remaining operational, and I have no interest in sinking thousands of additional dollars into it as long as that's true. Can you guys offer any guidance?
