I’m still in the shopping phase too so I don’t have direct experience with this but I’ve read that sticking with known bike brands is a good policy. Just be ready to spread your wallet wide open.

I also read that for the purposes of getting it serviced, go with a local bike shop. Some will not do work on brands they didn’t sell.

Who knows, maybe they like this video or this YouTuber. Either way downvotes are meaningless here so no big deal.

This could be a good video but I’ll never watch anything with a thumbnail that terrible.

So I get how you can internally sew all seams except the final one - how do you do it?

I also recently finished The Wager and thought it was excellent. Can you recommend any other nautical novels I should check out?