Compass Parts vs. MUSA

[unterhausen]

Originally Posted by donevwil

Paul Rack Adapter

those things are the most expensive steel bolt you will ever buy. I asked my lbs to get me some and they were embarrassed to charge me full retail, which I thought was funny.

[Road Fan]

Two points:

1. For decades one of my working rules has been “don’t lose the screws or other small bits!”

2. One of the biggest issues in this discussion is, there aren’t many sources or offerings for quality MUSA (or let’s say sourced in the America’s, NSA) bike parts. I could go with a state of the art Thomson stem, but where is the complementary threaded stem adaptor? Just one example.

But for most parts, there are no well-engineered alternatives, despite the large numbers of well-trained engineers who love cycling.