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100% this. If I had someone to short all the annoying issues on my bikes, clean them and work out what I need next and make it all compatible I’d ride loads more! Bikes can be so frustrating
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Someone today asked if I had a crank puller. I looked in my toolbox. I have 4 of them.
I don't even own any square taper motherfucking cranks anymore, no wait the pub bike still has a set of 600s. But still! 4 fucking crank pullers! I bet I've got more back in Oz and maybe even in Poland too.
This is another reason that if you do upgrade bikes, think about their proprietary shit. Like, I try to buy 27.2 seatpost bikes that have BSA threaded BBs. It's one less thing to think about. Most of my spare seatposts will fit, yada yada. Beer is so much easier.
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Everyone will have this to some extent. Be it dragging yourself out for riding 12hrs up and down an A road for training or going to explore beautiful scenery just for fun. Sometimes you're just not that into it.
Given how 'into' cycling I am, you'd laugh at how many times my missus or someone had to kick me out of the house to get going.
As for building bikes... I fucking hate building bikes, I hate working on bikes, I hate that they break and wear out. If I could afford to have a service course and team of mechanics working on everything I would. I'm just too tight for that and as for new bikes and builds I don't read most of those threads these days. I've seen enough bikes to last anyone a lifetime. If I'm out of my depth knowledge-wise then sure, i'll get into the MTB threads to find out what the go is but mostly I don't care.
Lockdowns and shit like vaccines aren't helping motivation.