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Late 1970s Holdsworth, gaspipe. Given to me by a friend who owned it from new. Now fixed.
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1992 Kona Lava Dome, steel. Owned by me since new. Now SS'd.
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Pete Matthews track bike, steel (lugged). No idea what age it is, but I bought it at least third hand. Track bikes don't wear out.
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so I'm half thinking of selling it, but it's served me so well that I will hate to part with it.
Back of the garage/shed/cellar. Or strip it and just retain the frame and fork.
Forgot - I've probably got the oldest bike currently still in use.
It's my road commuter, given to me about 15 years ago and very old then.
It pre-dates 700C wheels and I'm guessing it's 60's or early 70s.
531ST frame and it is a Saracen!
oh yeah, in addition to my kona, i also have a hardcore, which now belongs to my girlfriend. that badboy is from the late nineties. also, it has original Z1 bombers and an enormous hope big 'un 🙂
2002 kona bear
retired a few months ago for a younger slimmer model (2008 dawg frame i got cheap)
abused heavily, dh, xc enduro
she did it all
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my 97 lavadome i bought off ebay 5 years back to replace the original i bought in 97 but had stolen in about 2002
In the cellar we have;
Whyte PRST-1. 2001. Alu. Now wifes bike (so not used too often).
Garry Fisher Aquila. 1995. Steel. Wifes old bike; now commuterised
Pace RC200 F2. 1993. Alu. One frame repair; now ss'ed
Intense Tracer. 2000. Alu. Main ride.
GT Edge. 1997. Steel. Winter road bike.
Planet X Little Audrey. 2003. Alu. Summer road bike.
03 Turner 5 Spot
Ridden in 17 odd countries inc. bike parks, multi day epics, 24 hour races etc. Still running original z1s!
Enjoying the pictures.
petrieboy, is that a recent picture? For 10 years old it looks brand new!
Although it has a habit of bonding to seatposts a couple of which have had to be burnt out by framebuilders
😀
Its like an old faithful dog that wees while its sleeping now and then. But you couldn't give it away.
Forgot - I've probably got the oldest bike currently still in use.
It's my road commuter, given to me about 15 years ago and very old then.
It pre-dates 700C wheels and I'm guessing it's 60's or early 70s.
531ST frame and it is a Saracen!
ur bike is sarcin
40 years old is pretty impressive, got any pictures? What wheel size is it?
RealMan - not got pics, may take one tonight if I get home at a reasonable time.
It's got newer (maybe 15 year old) 700C wheels but I had a problem finding VERY long drop callipers to match.
SS SC Chameleon I bought off here in 2003, I think the frame's a '99. Still a great ride, still not got round to putting gears on it and I don't think I ever will
1992 C'dale.
2001 carbon Trek roadbike....
96 Cannondale Killer V which is now my commuter,
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the 60mm headshock is a 96 and never been serviced and still works 😮
its run on hand-me-down mtb parts,
7 winters commuting and the paint finish is still like new...love it 😮
2001 carbon Trek roadbike....
Is that the first one? 9 years for a carbon road bike sounds pretty impressive.
RealMan - not got pics, may take one tonight if I get home at a reasonable time.It's got newer (maybe 15 year old) 700C wheels but I had a problem finding VERY long drop callipers to match.
So what was the wheel size originally?
Orange C-16R from 1996 is still in use here. It's been upgraded a bit and has bouncy forks on it now.
chap at work's got a Trek OCLV road bike from around 16 years ago. I think that was around the time the first ones were produced. He still rides it too.
It's this one;
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Why impressive? Armstrong et al won the Tour on a similar bike; they're not made of cheese!
I dunno, when you buy a carbon frame do you expect it to last a decade?
Yes, why not?
I've trashed ally frames, bent and broken steel frames, but this one has just carried on, being raced for a while and now doing service as a winter training bike.
Carbon is not fragile, not just for racers, it's a bloody good thing to make bike frames out of.
Get with the times Daddio!
crikey, my road bike
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I don't expect it to last a decade. Would be very nice if it did though.
Viking Challenger bought in 1967 from Jack Gee cycles in northwich by my uncle Dennis - still in use today as a fixed gear commuter. Had a respray recently and new forks new wheels but otherwise rock solid. the bb has been crush fitted in because the threads in the shell died so this is the last bb it will ever have
carbon frames lasting a decade, why not ? look after it by cleaning it properly, make sure it's got lots of carbon paste where there are aluminium bits in contact
Why wont it?
Ok, if you crash it and trash it, but that's the same for any frame. I've got a Scott Addict as well, and that will last at least as long. It's a carbon fibre frame; better fatigue resistance than ally, no rusting like steel, no welds to crack like Ti. It's the future, and you've already got one!
In three or so years time you can buy another and use that one as your winter bike.
Ok, if you crash it
Too late.
I'm not scared its going to disintegrate any day now, and I don't check it over with a magnifying glass after ever ride. I don't fret when I go over a pothole. And I knew I wanted a carbon frame when I bought it. But a decade? I'd be chuffed to bits, but I just don't see it. I'd love it if you're right though. Carbon bikes - a bike for life...?
i had a marin bobcat trail for at least 10 years, until the BB went, but it was welded in so left it at the lbs and never been back lol, thye did say they could remove it...
anyway how do carbon bike BB threads hold up over 10 years? do they have alloy inserts or something, never seen one..
A Carrera Krakatoa Flex from about 1991. Tange tubed steel rigid... Spent its first years as a mountain bike, then became my commuter, then became my brother's commuter, then fell apart eventually and now is getting totally rebuilt with new paint and, well, almost every component bar the frame, forks and back wheel replaced. When people say "Halfords only sell crap bikes" I smile...
Well if we are doing elderly OCLVs then I'll also include mine - funny I don't think of it as old as it's just so good! USPS colours
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petrieboy, what cassette have you got on that? 11-15??
And how old is it?
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They are not fragile things. They are susceptible to direct impacts, and can suffer from problems at joins between carbon and aluminium, but, as above, they don't rust, they don't fatigue, they don't crack at welds.
I've properly broken aluminium frames from hitting jumps wrong.
I've trashed two steel frames from big crashes.
I've crashed my Trek three times and it just bounced down the road.
My trek is pretty much the same frame that the USPS team rode in the Tour, the same frame that Armstrong rode to a stage finish after cracking the chain stay. Carbon can be repaired too, easier than steel so why won't it last?
Carbon has been the subject of a poorly informed backlash, more to do with snobbery than anything else. All that 'steel is real' bollocks, all that 'retro is great rubbish'.
It's a great thing to build bikes out of.
Only one way to find out I guess. I'll let you know how its doing in 2020.
My Dialled Bikes - Kobe Ti since 2004.
Tour of Flanders in 2011 then? I'm more worried about my back and my shoulder than about my bike... 😆