@schizanon @cycling

Overrated: front derailleurs and how many people need more than 5 gears, anyway?

Underrated: cargo racks. People should have to go out of their way to buy a bike that can’t carry stuff, not the other way around. Imagine having to retrofit all your jackets with pockets.

#biketooter

@schizanon @cycling
Most overrated? Carbon. It’s brittle, has a really unfavorable failure mode, and can’t be recycled at end of life.

Aero-everything. Just like being obsessed with a bike’s weight, aero on the bike is marginal gains for most people, and it has really negative effects on the feel/comfort of those bikes too.

#BikeTooter

@schizanon @cycling

1. clipping in. i’m never gonna do it. i don’t need whatever ounce of efficiency it brings, and i don’t want the higher risk of falling over.

2. mountain biking. i like my collar bone intact, thank you.

@schizanon What’s overrated is going back to niche friction shifters in inconvenient places in 2023…😂 Some of the things mentioned are awesome. Electronic shifting is expensive, sure. But it works great. And I never again want to have a bike with cables all over the place…🙏@cycling