EdibleSource@lemmy.ml to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 10 days agoWhen do you know to stop investing in an old bike and buy a new one?message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareWhen do you know to stop investing in an old bike and buy a new one?EdibleSource@lemmy.ml to Bicycles@lemmy.ca · 10 days agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·10 days agoIf you mean when to get rid of a bike, that’s when the frame breaks. If you mean when do you upgrade, then that’s just if some new tech or style has become more appealing.
minus-squarePerspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 days agoI have eFatbike with cracked frame that I’m about to try fixing by welding. People say it wont work but I don’t exactly have anything to lose here either so I’ll give it a try at some point.
minus-squaretreadful@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoYou have life and limb to lose. If you know your shit about welding, by all means go ahead. But I do not, so a cracked frame is a dealbreaker for me.
minus-squarePerspectivist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-210 days agoI said eFat, not a downhill bike. If the weld fails I’ll just need to push it back home like I did the last time.
If you mean when to get rid of a bike, that’s when the frame breaks.
If you mean when do you upgrade, then that’s just if some new tech or style has become more appealing.
I have eFatbike with cracked frame that I’m about to try fixing by welding. People say it wont work but I don’t exactly have anything to lose here either so I’ll give it a try at some point.
You have life and limb to lose. If you know your shit about welding, by all means go ahead. But I do not, so a cracked frame is a dealbreaker for me.
I said eFat, not a downhill bike. If the weld fails I’ll just need to push it back home like I did the last time.