[konifere]

Wtf is up with the price of seats?

https://m.pinkbike.com/buysell/3359546/

Nostalgia can be quite expensive. "No rips or tears" and the whole back of the saddle is just about to give up. I'm hoping he meant 30$ not 300$.

 

[canadmos]

Nostalgia can be quite expensive. "No rips or tears" and the whole back of the saddle is just about to give up. I'm hoping he meant 30$ not 300$.

I mean those too, but just in general.

 

[SylentK]

The fallacy lies in the assumption an AI is somehow better than humans at picking stuff, when in reality it's heavily dependent on the data it was fed on (usually, too little because preselection takes time and model refining means moar money), the selection criteria (and therefore, the bias) built in by whoever designed it, and finally on the constraints it's presented with.

Because let's be honest, this is far from being intelligent design (even by catholic standards). It's just a poor algorithm trying to find something that pleases its creators to keep their attention.

Oh man 10 out of 10 (I don't say 100%, cuz it's tacky

I've done some of this AI tech. It's such jackassery (fukaboutary?). But when Marketing/Sales funds your budgets and goals....fukeneh.

But what can you do?

Try to make things better.

Progress, not perfection.

Patience.

Keep on it.

Good will prevail in the end.

All the things.

Go ride your bike at break neck speeds and have fun.

 

[HardtailHack]

Should have bought a generic Chinese one from Ali, this one is a piece of shit for 3X the price.
The edge of the back piece grinds on the orange piece, needs a different design or a washer between the two pieces.

 

[trib]

TRP/tektro customer support seems to be accessible via a chat window that won’t validate the captcha. As such, the cheap part I need to get fixed on a commuter brake lever assembly will warrant a whole new lever.

Unnecessary waste and expense.

 

[Jm_]

So basically like Shimano.

 

[trib]

I ended up emailing and got a response and link to the correct spare part. Shipping and the spare part costs more than a whole new lever assembly though.