More or less, modding a game is as much as building a scale model diorama where you gotta balance performance and visuals and make sure the gameplay is unimpeded. Of course modding is constantly evolving over time and so learning new techniques are necessary.

To otherwise delegate modding decisions to a whiz-bang wonder thing defeats the learning aspect of modding.

Because that is the last version prior to Boris adding personal outbursts in further versions after the appearance of Community Shaders.

Current setup for this Diamondback Sorrento from around 1994, after I moved most of the parts to a new bike primarily intended for fitness.

Edit: just recently went out to meet a job order some 16km away, which included a heavy toolbox some 20kg. Ride did well, but took note that I better replace the rear rack and the pedals.