What was your most game-changing equipment upgrade?

My wooden saddle is way cruder than yours, Jim..

you can’t really see the block of carved wood sitting on the brown steel very well.
It is covered by a lot of cheap foam.
And now needs tape to keep it together, the wood has split at the back.
It has a 22in wheel and has seen quite a few kilometers in the early 80’s.
And the seat has been re-covered a couple of times.

Out of curiosity, I took it down from a hook in the garage about an hour ago (wow it is a heavy little thing - the frame must weigh a bit too!), pumped up the tire and went for a little ride - it is still comfy, but the seat would now fall apart if it was dropped. Almost made me want to fix it properly out of nostalgia. (But I guess I will set up my 29er with a cut down shadow handle as a higher priority - maybe a game changer?).

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