Replacing parts

Andy

What is the recommendation for replacing parts that haven't been crashed. I've had a Ritchey WCS stem now for 5 Years and some EC90 CNT low rise bars for 3 years.

Neither have been crashed but was wondering when I should look to replace them as a safety measure?

The Northern Monkey

Dunno.... i'm running truvativ bars and stem on the Saracen that are about 8+ years old

Andy

Hmm. Might just swap them anyway.

abarth_1200

go on you know you want to, nothing feels better than getting a shiny new part for your bike

Bungalow Bill

I always thought swapping was when you had the money to do it =D

cooldad

I run retrobikes as well as moderns. One of my old Specializeds is from 1985, mostly original parts, and I regularly buy second hand parts between 10 an 20 years old.
Never had a failure on anything crucial.
I don't do any serious jumping, or heavy downhill, but do serious cross country.

ilovedirt

Yeah, like cooldad says, a lot of people run retro parts, just swap them out when you want something better/more shiny or when it gets broken. It's probably still perfectly fine if you use it for the sort of riding that it was designed for. My pedals are about 5 years old, same for my rear mech and a couple of other parts, and they still function perfectly well.

P-Jay

I can't imagine there's a use by dates on parts, or the boxes they come in would be festooned with warnings to avoid legal action.

Aside from the few obvious exceptions (Helmets etc) my opinion is 'if it looks ok, it probably is'.