@DurableAce@social.vivaldi.net
2026-09-26 11:55 UTC
@markn@mastodonapp.uk @ascentale@sfba.social @jdarais@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I agree. Stuff wears out. How well you install it and look after it makes a difference, as does design and usage. If you fix-on-fail rather than service and maintain, stuff is going to break.
I suspect it's like many things where those having problems are more visible than others. I have run all kinds of Shimano shifters (and the occasional SRAM ones) for decades without the issue @jdarais@sfba.social describes, including in very muddy cyclo-cross conditions.
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@Pionir@mastodon.online 2026-09-27 00:38
@DurableAce@social.vivaldi.net @markn@mastodonapp.uk @ascentale@sfba.social @jdarais@sfba.social @bikenite@fedigroups.social I disagree for gear and brake cables. In my totally representative sample size of 3 bikes, I've never had cable trouble, either gear or brake. That's bikes from 1988, 1992, 1993 and 2001 with probably 30000 miles between them (one with at least 15000 commute miles). And they all spent 13 years of their life living in a side alley under a bike cover, so not even in particularly amenable conditions. Brake pads and chains are another matter...