>>1602726>If you dont need to shave 1.8 grams off your weight and streamline your aerodynamics, you're paying $1766 for a sticker.no $230 new bike is gonna be realistically usable or reliable. plenty of good bikes for like 400-500 but below that you're getting into dangerous territory.
>Quick release-garbage. lol. qrs are great for any rim brake bike. now i know you're trying to make yourself feel better for owning a walmart bike with bolt on axles
>Get sealed steering bearings.no $230 bike will have sealed bearings in the headset.
>Shocks. never on the road and only sometimes for offroad. "muh potholes" pay attention to the road & don't act like your ass is glued to your saddle
>The body dimension for riders is bullshit. You need to know your likely stances to incorporate proper geometry. Trust no salesperson. literal paranoid schizo rambling. you're a targeted individual too huh
>Aluminum in the winter contorts bad.no it doesn't. i would suspect we would have heard of it by now from the fatbike community.
>I heard carbon dont flex, just shatters.the failure mode of carbon is shattering. the failure mode of most metals is bending. this means nearly nothing to the average user.
>Brands are the same manufacturer.not the case. giant manufactures a lot, qbp manufactures a lot, some stuff is made in the same factory but it's not what some people would have you believe where there's 1 factory making 10 models of bike that everyone lies about being their own.
>I was looking at dost, but I am jealous so out of spite I built my own.what's dost? "the longest range ebike" oh i see you're an ebike guy. makes sense.
>Get comfy shifters.we don't want our thumbs getting tired now do we
>Handlebar stance is imperative to your wrist and shoulder fatigue.which is why you should get drop bars not flat bars like i'm sure this dope uses
