dorkage@lemmy.catoBicycles@lemmy.ca•Bike Manufacturers Are Making Bikes Less RepairableEnglish
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1 month agoExcept if they change BB or axle spacing standards, which seems to be happening every few years.
I struggled to find a half decent 135 QR 29er wheel last year for my Trek Xcaliber. A nearly $2000CDN bike from 2016 with nothing wrong except the free hub, and everywhere told me to just get a new bike.
I like my bikes, but I really hate the people running the industry.
But a 135 QR 29er wheel isn’t that special, so finding one that wasn’t either a junk hub or $600 hub shouldn’t have been an issue. Even finding TA non boost wheels is becoming difficult.
I ended up finding a lightly used Nukeproof wheel for around $100.
Thankfully the fork on that same bike is just using off the shelf SRAM parts.