Arriving at road.cc in 2017 via 220 Triathlon Magazine, Jack dipped his toe in most jobs on the site and over at eBikeTips before being named the new editor of road.cc in 2020, much to his surprise. His cycling life began during his students days, when he cobbled together a few hundred quid off the back of a hard winter selling hats (long story) and bought his first road bike - a Trek 1.1 that was quickly relegated to winter steed, before it was sadly pinched a few years later. Creatively replacing it with a Trek 1.2, Jack mostly rides this bike around local cycle paths nowadays, but when he wants to get the racer out and be competitive his preferred events are time trials, sportives, triathlons and pogo sticking - the latter being another long story.
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Why are these aftermarket pulley systems always so friggin' expensive? Jeez, it's just a bit of material.
I'd assume it's the low production volume combined with the design costs, but still, they are massively expensive for something that isn't exactly a new invention. It's not like the standard ones the big 3 make are exactly rubbish.
$485?!
Or for about £15, you can have a Shimano Altus M310 rear derailleur. Paint the pulley purple.