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Cake day: June 14th, 2023

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  • Tell me this, when you buy tires for your bicycle, do you go to the bicycle manufacturer and get the tire for your bike model? Or do you go to any bike shop and tell them the size of the tire you need?

    Standardised bike parts is nothing new. In fact, custom bike parts are the new phenomenon. Rims, spokes, bottom brackets, hubs, seat posts, seats, handle bars, forks, chains, chain rings, pedals, valves, tires, tubes and cables are all standardised. At least they were at one point before we allowed manufactures by voting with our pockets. The situation will continue to be worse if we stay complacent to whatever custom change Trek or whoever implements. Seat post broke? too bad, the one for your bike is 500 USD. And in the VanMoof case, do you want to unlock the bike? Too bad, because we are going bankrupt.