Comment on Can we make bicycles sustainable again?parentComments−snotrockets3yMaybe that's the problem, I only ride 15,000km a year or so (used to ride more when I was racing, but life came in the way)−newaccount743yThat is a lot more than I ride :)You must have cared well for your bike if it lasts 40 years with that kind of milage.−snotrockets3yMileage is split across multiple bikes.That specific one is 40 years old, but I only owned it for the last four. All my bikes were bought used: like cars, once you roll them out the shop's door, you loose a significant amount of the purchase price.
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Maybe that's the problem, I only ride 15,000km a year or so (used to ride more when I was racing, but life came in the way)
That is a lot more than I ride :)
You must have cared well for your bike if it lasts 40 years with that kind of milage.
Mileage is split across multiple bikes.
That specific one is 40 years old, but I only owned it for the last four. All my bikes were bought used: like cars, once you roll them out the shop's door, you loose a significant amount of the purchase price.