It is getting more and more difficult to find the simple bicycle frames and groupsets.

CONTENTS:
00:00 Introduction
00:40 Carbon fiber
02:45 Fork problems
04:57 STIs, discs, and suspension
08:43 More and more gears
10:49 Technical trails
11:44 Cranks design
15:28 Short chainstays
17:34 Threadless stems
18:05 Disc brakes
21:20 Choices?

The damaged frame in the photo was built by Richard Sachs:
https://richardsachs.com/

Useful LINKS:

Carbon fiber (and other bike materials) explained the pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/11144/bi...

Friction Shifters Explained:
   • Friction Shifters Explained  

1x drivetrain (groups) pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/6075/pro...

Unsafe and bad cycling industry patents:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/10123/un...

The interesting video by ‪@SethsBikeHacks‬ (Berm Peak):
   • Could You Stop? Our Brakes Were Usele...  

Disc vs rim bicycle brakes – pros and cons:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/3871/pro...

The story of the threadless stems (and the cycling industry in general):
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/17645/cy...

Hookless rims nonsense:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/15864/ho...

Tubeless bicycle tyres mess:
https://bike.bikegremlin.com/15980/tu...

The ‪@SurlyBikes4130‬ Long Haul Trucker rim brake frame (out of production now):
https://surlybikes.com/bikes/legacy/l...

Snežana Radojičić ( ‪@Biciklom_oko_sveta‬ ) has been travelling all around the globe for about ten years on a rimbrake Surly Long Haul Trucker frame.

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