c. 93 XT thumbshifters still in use on my main MTB. Also got a 94 cannondale tourer, original gears/brakes etc, which gets used almost every day, but prob doesn't count as road stuff lasts way longer than MTB gear.
Other stuff that's gone the distance: hope hubs, middleburn cranks, royce BB, marzocchi marathons - all c. '02, kona lava dome '96, magura louise brakes '05, all still in regular use
Early 90s Suntour XC Pro 8 speed thumbshifters on my only bike. They were an upgrade from 7 speed. I've never run 9 speed...
I have a windproof top ,baselayer, fleece and paclite jacket.
All by Karrimor.
Must be over 10 year old now.
My main road bike is a Raleigh Carlton Supercourse from the early 80s (before I was born). Now built up with modern wheels and groupset.
My Pug road bike is 30 this year. I've some original XT (737?) pedals circa 1991 still in service, Blackburn MTN Shorty pump from 1999 & I have no idea how old the Nike Poobahs that are sat in the garage are - possibly the same age as the pedals.
04 shimano dx pedals, 8 years of abuse and they are still my main pedals..
Control Stix bar ends from 1991.
Onza porcipaws grips have moved to my main bike since 1994. Nice and slim for small hands. As one person remarked on seeing them "I've got all the suspension I need in my grips".
Other old stuff such as original SPDs (525s and 737s) are still in use on retro bike.
Clothing? Karrimor gilet and polartec 100 base layers are twenty years old. the stitching has just gone in my Orange Pertex shell. That's the black one covered in lots of Oranges. Not sure of the age, 1996?
My 1949 Hobbs fixie is quite old .The brake lever is even older . A 1976 Shitmano Crane rear mech is the tensioner on my single speed On one
My legs! Thirty eight years old in a couple of months time and in pretty good nick, or so I'm assured. They've managed to see me through eleven bikes, thousands of miles and dozens of crashes but they're still here.
I have absolutely no kit of an age that would compete with some of the posters here, it's really good to know that stuff some of you bought in the 80s/90s is still going strong.
early 90s 525 SPD pedals and XT thumbshifters here
so that's roughly 20 years with (common pattern here?!) 10 years of less frequent use but mud and races and all before and now more or less again
SPDs never had any service until I found one being pretty loose recently, put new grease into both, didn't look too shabby inside, run smooth again but now start having a problem clipping out (any cure for this?)
thumbies no service and work faultless with 8speed XTR and Gore Ride-ons
A vintage Helly base layer
Some shimano shoes that are almost dead
A 1970's Dawes Tamdem
A 1970's Track bike
Son1 rides a 1998 Marin Mount Vision (1 year younger than himself)
Mine is an XTR M-952 chainset. IT's about 8 or 9 years old
A pair of Lusso thermal bib tights used for every winter since around 1990.
One of those Muddy Fox handlebar bags designed for the original twin stems which I've had since 1986 and now sits in my backpack to hold odds and ends.
Wot no DCDs?
or crud claws
Flite ti railed saddle c 1996 - do they still make them ?
San marco Rolls on the road bike c. 1992 but hardly usedvin recent years
My shopping/utiliy bike is a c1990 muddy fox hybrid which sees regular use
2002 xt shifter pods still going strong
I'm just about to retire the frame from my '99 Marin with it's lovely 'pingy' Columbus tubing. Would have kept it but need something a little tougher (and with discs on the back). Replacing it with a frame that kinda reminds me of my old Bonty...
Trelock D-Lock I've had since 1995. Sadly the bikes it kept safe over years of commuting in London and Glasgow have all been sold on. It's had about three squirts of WD40 in all that time and still works as well as it did the day I bought it. The most amazing thing about it is that I've never managed to lose the key for it.
Actually on the bike, mechanically speaking, the oldest thing still used on a regular basis are 2003 Hope Mini brakes, which still work perfectly well and still look better than all Hope's over-designed looking new stuff.
1998 Marin Pine Mountain frame & original LX V-brake levers are part of the commuter that is in daily use. Still got the old stem, somewhere.
I can hear the squeaking of all these old Marins in my nightmares
just bought an ancient XT V-brake ('95..?) from ebay for stopping duties on the thinglespeed..
fitted it today and it made me wonder why I ever changed to disk brakes..
awesome
M732 XT thumbshifters and mechs on my commuter hack, along with an original Crud Guard (the one with the upright supporting legs).
1995 Pace for me, made singlepeed and using RC36 forks. My Winteractive jacket has also had some use in the last few days, although I considered digging out my '97 Buffalo. i was then reminded the the Buffalo's thong strap is not best suited to out of condition 43 year old backsides.
i was then reminded the the Buffalo's thong strap is not best suited to out of condition 43 year old backsides
I'm chafing just reading that sentence. Unfortunately I know *exactly* what you mean
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