> A typical new bike model does not come with a parts list, and the brands don't stock spares.
This is probably true for BSOs, but you start getting a complete list of components on a bicycle well before you hit the $1000 price point, and generally everything other than the brake pads are extremely standardized and easy to find. For whatever reason manufacturers really like to get creative with disk brake pad shapes.
This is probably true for BSOs, but you start getting a complete list of components on a bicycle well before you hit the $1000 price point, and generally everything other than the brake pads are extremely standardized and easy to find. For whatever reason manufacturers really like to get creative with disk brake pad shapes.