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> impossible to repair by a "regular" person.

What do you mean by that? Unless it’s an e-bikes most modern bikes are extremely standardized and IMHO generally better quality than older bikes (unless we’re exclusively talking about fixed gear steel frame ones)



>What do you mean by that?

I do not remember the details, I saw a blurb on a bicycling site that manufactures are starting to create bikes that regular people cannot repair.

I think I heard the following over the last couple of years:

* a kind of automatic gear shifting, but very lite weight

* Cables are somehow routed through the frame

* I thought I heard there is a shifter that no longer needs cables.

* And I know about tubeless tires.

* I did hear about using Mars Rover tires for bikes, that should great, but last I heard they were very expensive. Not sure if they hit the general market yet.

All of that to me points to a very complex system.




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