by froze on Fri Jan 06, 2023 1:10 am
I caught GNC in a couple of false stuff which I called them on, but never got a response. One was the testing of disk brakes vs rim brakes, the guy on the disk brake bike would slide his butt off the seat to put more weight on the rear tire; the guy on the rim brake bike was using straight CF rim with no AL brake track, and no brake pad ever made for a full CF rim ever stopped a bike great.
When it comes to knowing what bike to get, don't get hung up on all the marketing BS, because that's what it all is...BS! Just test ride some bikes, find one that speaks to you, not one that an ad agency spoke to you about! Remember, you're the one that has to ride the bike and not the marketing rep.
So who you do you trust? Trust yourself! Don't worry about it, you'll be fine and have a lot less stress.
I bought a bike in 2013 sight unseen, with no test riding, turned out to be the best riding road bike I've ever been on, I could have sent it back if I didn't like it, but I knew on the first ride I was riding something better than I had ever ridden before. Even test rides are not important, but if you're new to the game then I suggest you test ride, then do a process of elimination, but testing riding them a second time but eliminate the one, or ones you didn't like, and keep doing that till you have it narrowed down to 2 or 3, maybe 4, then if you can't decide then take into consideration which one is giving you the most for your money. Sometimes it could come down to which bike looks nicer to you, yup, it could come down to looks.