Seriously. So many people would be better off just buying a $1000 bike, but they'd rather hold on to their cheap crappy bike and pay $100s each year to tune/replace, etc all the cheap crappy parts, and then blame the mechanic when it falls out of tune a few weeks later....
One part of the industry I hate is what I refer to as disposable bikes. Today my second ticket was an older Huffy mountain bike that was in for an estimate. This bike was seriously neglected....
This afternoon I switched installed an Advent X drivetrain on my commuter. The derailleur was easy to work with, the shifter feels solid, and best of all, the price is very reasonable....
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