on the other hand, maintaining my 8 year old road bike these past couple months has been a pita.
first the chain snapped on me, causing me to replace that
that exposed the wear on the cassette, which also got replaced
spent a few rides dialling down the indexing due to the changes (low cog went from 25 to 27)
which led me to discover my deraileur hanger was bent
attempted to bash it straight but it was already cracked and my attempt to put it back together snapped it all together
oh yeah, chainrings prob need a replacement too, since they're similarly worn
bike's been a workhorse over the years, and iwas beatin' up on carbon fools in group rides
so while i'd like to get a new bike, i don't need a new bike.... just need to keep things going
i like the idea of going from 9sp to new 105 11sp but i'd need new wheels. not willing yet to replace them Made In France Mavics
meanwhile my new track bike is sitting in need of wheels to get rolling but i've been waffling between cheaping out or getting what i really want and be done with