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My neighbor said his old 10-speed shifts better than any modern bike after I fixed it
He brought in his 1985 Schwinn World Sport with original Suntour parts, and I just cleaned and adjusted the derailleurs. He told me, 'This thing just works, no need for all those extra gears and fancy levers.' It made me think about how often we push upgrades that customers might not really want. How do you handle it when someone is perfectly happy with a simple, old setup?
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dianaanderson2d ago
That's a really interesting point. So when a customer brings in a bike like that, do you find yourself explaining the actual benefits of newer parts, or do you just make their old stuff work as well as it can? I guess it's about figuring out if they truly don't want change, or if they just don't know what they're missing.
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the_xena2d ago
My barber still uses the same clippers from 2005. He swears by them. It's the same thing. People get comfortable with a tool that works. You have to read if they're attached to the history or just scared of the learning curve.
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wendy6281d ago
But what if the old tool just works better? @dianaanderson might be overthinking it, sometimes people stick with stuff cause the new version is actually worse.
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