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is cyclists were less worried about weight and less obbessed with getting the cheapest deal well engineered solutions would appear
To be fair, cost reduction is a function of engineering and it has served cyclists well*. Given the low cost of failure, for most users it's worth sacrificing reliability to get lower initial cost.
*My dad just found the receipt for his Rotrax; £14.19s at a time when he was earning 23/6 a week as a drawing office apprentice. That's about £1900 to an apprentice on minimum wage today, almost enough for a Look 875
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It is there as I seem to avoid these troubles but it means only using certain rims and smaller number of tubeless tyres that are known to work well together.
As mdcc tester is cyclists were less worried about weight and less obbessed with getting the cheapest deal well engineered solutions would appear. We have ourselves to blame. People spend £000's on a bike but cheap out on the tyres. I have a £500 car but buy the best tyres I can for it. they cost more than the car cost me 7 years ago but they keep me on the road and thats priceless.