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  • To add my two cents :


    Ebikes.
    Its a shame because alot of bike tech or components weren't necessarily built for ebikes so from the get go alot of stuff will use up quicker or break and be replaced.
    We've essentially turned one the greener modes of transport into something between cars and technology and that comes with the obsolescence of both ; technology and batteries age quickly, the more mechanical pieces there are the more likey something will need to be replaced or can wrong >>> add recommendations for the number of km for a pair of tires, how many charges your battery can go, updates of softwaretc etc !


    Otherwise and on a wider spectrum, I think that disc brakes were a huge move on obsolescence in the bike industry.
    Yes they do offer better stopping power in more conditions, but that was a big move that has affected the industry !
    I mean I think we all agree it was coming, but I can't imagine the number of bikes that we're swapped in or replaced when the first gravel and road bikes started coming out.
    And all the bikes that now so many people won't want to ride or look at buying because disk brakes are the new thing, and as disk brakes have more variety and mechanics from brand to brand, its not always a simple swap out from bike to bike to bike...

    And yeh electronic groupsets take us back to the ebike thing, the more it becomes tech the easier it is to control the life span.

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