How long does your race bike last you/lasted you?

slow turner
slow turner Posts: 58
edited September 2010 in Amateur race
Just wondering

Thank you

Arran
Carpe Diem

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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    Unless you crash it (and write it off- and thats unusual), it will last you as long as you want it to last ?
  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    slow turner wrote:
    Just wondering

    Thank you

    Arran

    You're probably getting distracted by the Pro team's habit of selling off their bikes at the end of the year.

    But you have to remember that their bikes do thousands of tough miles and they have to ride the latest equipment to satisfy their equipment sponsors
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  • ex-pat scot
    ex-pat scot Posts: 939
    Race bikes don't "wear out".
    They get upgraded, and the parts trickle down to lesser bikes over time.
    Commute: Langster -Singlecross - Brompton S2-LX

    Road: 95 Trek 5500 -Look 695 Aerolight eTap - Boardman TTe eTap

    Offroad: Pace RC200 - Dawes Kickback 2 tandem - Tricross - Boardman CXR9.8 - Ridley x-fire
  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    i am replacing mine for next season, have done 3 or 4 seasons on it and it is noticeably heavier than the new version
  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    i am replacing mine for next season, have done 3 or 4 seasons on it and it is noticeably heavier than the new version
  • tomb8555
    tomb8555 Posts: 229
    ex-pat scot wrote:
    Race bikes don't "wear out".
    They get upgraded, and the parts trickle down to lesser bikes over time.

    Or they get trashed from a few years of heavy use and abuse..
    Mine will get replaced when I've broken it.

    The rims on my race wheels however will probably only last another season (2 in total), but again they've been ridden hard on bad roads in the rain a fair few times.
  • blackhands
    blackhands Posts: 950
    Still got my first one - first raced on it in May 1957 - so that's 53 years.
  • BlackdownBuzzard
    BlackdownBuzzard Posts: 30
    5000 miles / 1 year so far

    What I've replaced:

    a) Rear deraileur - got trashed by a broken spoke from b)
    b) Planet X Model B wheels, coz they're crap and spokes snap uphill on them. wheelsmith was replacement wheels, been fantastic so far
    c) chain was replaced to slow down wear on my cassette

    All on a Planet X SL pro carbon. Good bike, crap wheels though.*

    *I got two sets as well, so it's not a one off dodgy "friday afternoon" pair.
    I climb faster then you.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    I replace mine every year. Doesn't everyone!? :shock:

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