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<\/a>What do you think when people say something will last a lifetime when purchasing something?<\/p>\n
I always feel weird.<\/p>\n
I feel like these types of words shouldn’t come out of shop clerk’s mouths that easily.<\/p>\n
I understand that jewelry with universal value and industrial products that are guaranteed for a lifetime have stable value and durability, and are worthy of the term \u201clifetime,\u201d but what I am still stuck on is that I feel that the actual \u201clife\u201d of acquiring and using something is more affected by emotions and personal circumstances than I would like to think, which may be why I do not agree with the wildness of the term. I feel that the actual \u201clife\u201d of acquiring and using something is more influenced by emotions and personal circumstances than we think, so I may not agree with the wildness of this word.<\/p>\n
Then I asked myself,
\n“Is there a bike that would last a lifetime?”<\/p>\n
As a bike salesman myself, I would like to say YES!, but unfortunately, I don’t think such a bicycle exist.<\/p>\n
However, I did find some bikes that would possibly support my life as a cyclist in a long term,<\/p>\n
A bike that you can repair and keep riding.<\/p>\n
A bike that you can enjoy the aging or a bike that can change it’s form depending on the change of my emotions.<\/p>\n
One of those bikes is the Surly Cross x Check, which unfortunately temporarily retired from the industry.<\/p>\n
It might come back in the future like Oasis, but I feel a bit sad that the Cross Check would be around for a while in this era full of disc brake bikes.<\/p>\n
Man, there aren’t any “normal” bikes around anymore…<\/p>\n
This is my Cross Check.<\/p>\n