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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 15:24:43 No.1938792 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1938887 >>1938900 >>1938925 >>1939309 >>1939812 >>1941255

>Have to pay an extra £300 just to upgrade from caliper brakes to disc brakes on low end models

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 16:00:38 No.1938798 Report

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>bike shop only sell specialized bikes, specialized tires, specialized tubes, specialized clothing, etc.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 16:10:22 No.1938801 Report

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>getting sued into oblivion because you named your espesso bar after a random town in europe that the specialized corporation decided is a registered trademark

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 17:53:23 No.1938842 Report

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>>1938801
is this little caprice ?

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 18:02:01 No.1938845 Report

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i like their saddles

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 21:28:08 No.1938887 Report

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>>1938792
That was always the price difference. This plus making it easier to upsell you on carbon wheels was the whole point of canceling rim brakes.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 21:41:49 No.1938895 Report

Quoted By: >>1938897 >>1938902 >>1939176

>>1938842
>recognizing porn stars
>recognizing porn stars by their face

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 21:47:10 No.1938897 Report

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>>1938895
how else would you recognize someone if not by their face?
i just found this is the wife of peloton CEO or something like that, whatever.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 21:56:34 No.1938900 Report

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>>1938792
>buys low end mach disc model
>upgrade with Hy-Roads to have usable brakes
>ride bike for a year
>meanwhile collect used and rebate parts for a complete overhaul
>have all the parts, overhauling bikes
>now have Ultegra groupset, full hydro brakes etc...
>bike weighs 8.3kg
>wheels are still factory noname Formula hubs
>to be upgraded later this year
And it only cost the price difference of going up to Tiagra level in the lineup.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 21:58:19 No.1938901 Report

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>>1938900
>frankenbike made of used ebay parts is cheaper than new bike
you don't say

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 22:00:44 No.1938902 Report

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>>1938895
For me it is Daisy Taylor

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 23:28:24 No.1938925 Report

Quoted By: >>1938928

>>1938792
>upgrade from caliper brakes to disc
that's a downgrade

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Anonymous Thu 10 Aug 2023 23:39:21 No.1938928 Report

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>>1938925
>HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK
https://streamable.com/2xs4lh

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Anonymous Sat 12 Aug 2023 04:05:45 No.1939176 Report

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>>1938895
To be fair I don't think he recognised her at all.

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Anonymous Sat 12 Aug 2023 14:03:22 No.1939309 Report

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>>1938792
>he thinks it's an upgrade

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Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 21:46:45 No.1939812 Report

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>>1938792
>Disc brakes
>Upgrade

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Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 21:57:53 No.1939820 Report

Quoted By: >>1939848

when i got my cannondale caad12 105 (which i love) the only reason i was even slightly tempted by the disc brake was because of sexy seat stays looked with no brakes/brake bridge. dick breaks on road bikes r dum

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Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 23:00:05 No.1939848 Report

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>>1939309
>>1939812
>>1939820
And why exactly are disc brakes worse? They're way better at stopping, both in the dry and wet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIwVbaLMezw

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 13 Aug 2023 23:04:16 No.1939849 Report

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>>1939848

They're trad, classic and retro therefore extremely superior superior.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Aug 2023 09:51:55 No.1941254 Report

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>>1938897
im faceblind idk how the fuck normies can tell everyone looks the same to me

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Anonymous Fri 18 Aug 2023 09:53:25 No.1941255 Report

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>>1938792
>buying a bike new
>buyng it prebuilt
>in current year
put the disk brakes on yourself retard

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 18 Aug 2023 10:17:43 No.1941263 Report

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>>1938887
The point of canceling rim brakes was to simplify product lines because all other bikes were already using disc brakes and it's objectively better.

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