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Dammit in reply to @platypus

if you are not sponsored and actually ride your bikes, why would you need more than 10 speeds?

The ability to replace components quickly with what a local shop might have, or could be cobbled together from what your friends are riding.

Not such an issue if you are happy to bin a ride and head to the train station then wait for the postman to turn up with your obscure parts/ride a different bike.

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BareNecessities in reply to @Dammit

The ability to replace components quickly with what a local shop might have, or could be cobbled together from what your friends are riding.

What kind of rides are you going on, where everybody's bikes are self-destructing around you?

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Dammit in reply to @BareNecessities

What kind of rides are you going on, where everybody's bikes are self-destructing around you?

It's not a common feature of a ride it is true, but there is a reason that contracts call for replacement parts to be COTS.

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