Who on here has been giving regular use to a bike for a longish time (>5 years)?
Who on here has been running a bike for the longest?
And the frame, what is the make/model/material?
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Long running bikes
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Steel Ritchey road bike 5 years, Hewitt steel tourer 6 years (now sold), there will be many longer on here!
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1984 Wicked Fat Chance.
Still battering it and it's still my favourite
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That's steel Zedsdead?
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my cove hummer has been regularly pounded for 8 years
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Cannondale hardtail, bought in 2001. Not cracked or failed yet....
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Titus HCR titanium from 2004. It's seen my first Sport class race win right through to my first Elite race and first Elite podium.
GB
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Turner 5spot, alu, purchased 1/2/04, 2-3rides a week average unless I'm broken or abroad
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Coyote HT5 hardtail - bought frame in 2001
made from easton aluminiumstill going strong (with a few upgrades)
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GT Zaskar here, bought in 1996 and still going strong.
531 Holdsworth tourer as well, bought frameset at a cycle jumble in 1997 for £18.Posted 1 year ago # -
2002 Sunn Crosss aluminium hardtail, still going strong as a rigid SS.
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Fusion 0120, steel. I can't remember how old it is, but I do know that I'd destroyed the entire drivetrain by 1992.
It is now SS and is the bike I ride the most these days, despite having much 'better' bikes.
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My SC Juliana is 8 years old.
Still going strong and a lovely ride.
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It is indeed steel.
And lovely too
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Scott Octane bought 2nd hand 4 years ago.
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My Santa Cruz Chameleon is pushing on 5 years now! Only original thing left from its first incarnation is the frame mind.
My Coyote HT5 is living on as a commuter which is 8ish years old!
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pfffft!
Anything under 10 years old is not oldPosted 1 year ago # -
1994 Marin Bear Valley SE, has done a lot of miles and still going
(Steel)
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mine's a 97 kona hahanna, though i bought it second hand. it is now my only bike, and i've been riding it for three or four years. and it's steel
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My 1989 Gios went to a new home this year. I bought it new back then, so 21 years.
My oldest bike is a 1958 Raleigh racing bike, hoping to ride Raphas hell of the North on it next year if it goes ahead.Posted 1 year ago # -
1975 dawes galaxy in my garage, used it last winter.
cant see it getting much more use tho.Posted 1 year ago # -
So that's a fair amount of steel and aluminium, one ti, and no carbon bikes?
Why are ti bikes "for life"?
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i fancy a unobtanium tourer.
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Merlin Taiga since 1997 and still going strong. Just been back to USA to have a disc mount added and now waiting for my Alfine 11 to finish the rebuild.
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cos thats how long it takes to pay for one
90's saracen steel hardtail, still getting plenty of use here.
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Sweepy
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2004 Cannondale hardtail here. Still gets hammered on a regular basis.
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So that's a fair amount of steel and aluminium, one ti, and no carbon bikes?
Why are ti bikes "for life"?
To be fair there weren't a lot of carbon bikes to choose from back in the day and they were megabucks. Same goes for moderately affordable Ti. Very old MTBs were almost all steel so the oldest bikes still around are pretty much bound to be steel.
Ti is 'for life' because of its exceptional carbon footprint, equivalent to ten steel frames, which for most humans is more than a lifetimes supply
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Marin Alpine Trail from 2003
bit of a Trigger's broom though
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Yeah skidartist, I didn't really expect many carbon bikes. But it is 2010, I was expecting more in the way of ti.
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My 2003 Enduro Comp is still going strong, despite the last 4 years of almost daily off road abuse. Paint finish looks distinctly shabby now though.
Got to admit that it's had new wheels, new saddle and drive train, but the rest is original. Even the headset and pivot bearings
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2002 ventana el salty. it rocks.
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My brother still uses my 92' GT Timberline as a commuter.
He's promised to give it back to me when he gets a new bike. Posted 1 year ago # -
I've been back on my 04 DMR Switchback since my FS broke. Stiil rocks.
My race bike is a 95 DBR Axis TT. Rebuilt with all new gear a couple of years ago. Definitely a keeper for me, along with my 96 Salsa Ala Carte.Posted 1 year ago # -
Only recently skipped my original claret red Raliegh Scirroco. Bought for my 16th birthday in Dec 1986, and used pretty much daily for most of this time up until last year when the Reynolds 501 top tube rotted through from turbo trainer sweat.
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