Talking about , perhaps it's all too serious now. Tubeless tyres, hydraulic brakes, so many gears you have to think about which one to use, virtual trainers and posting your results on social media down to the millisecond like you're some kind of Olympic competitor.

In my youth we had cheap bikes, rode them everywhere and if you sometimes cycled faster than your buddy that was good enough.

Not everything has to be a competition and optimized to the last 0.001?

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