you are 100% correct? Welcome to capitalism and the the art of making a profit. You can buy in or not...to a certain point.
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Originally Posted by 5oakterrace
This fellow alludes to this but it is something I have never been able to understand. Maybe some folks can help me out.
I get that disc brakes are more or less better than rim brakes. No argument from me. What I do not get is that such an improvement comes at the cost of a new frame, fork, wheels, group set..... A ton of money.... And for what degree of improvement. Folks will buy what they want to spend $ on. I get that. But that is a lot of money... as well as rendering the old stuff obsolete, no longer interchangable. I know you can still ride the ole stuff but you get my drift.
I am inclined to think that disc brakes are a "conspiracy" by the industry to get folks spending a fortune in the latest and "greatest." And for what degree of improvement. Baffles me .
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