how much replacement of parts before you buy a new bike?

[rideswithmoobs]

I buy a bike then realise it's the wrong one for me. Consequently I don't get far enough to replace parts......I do love my Genesis day one, never parting with that and plan to put a better freewheel hub and some better wheels, onto that in winter just because the ones on it are budget, the hubs not the tick tick tick of quality and I need a 16t rear sprocket

 

[Justinslow]

It's interesting, changing it to mowers for a moment if I may.
My near 10 year old Honda mowers deck finally rotted out but everything else on it worked well and was serviceable. I bought a new deck costing around £85 but then had a thought, a new similar Honda mower was £330. I ended up buying a new mower, and the deck, figuring other parts on the old mower were well worn and might/will need replacing and Honda parts are not cheap eg a new grass bag another £60-£70, genuine blade £30 (mine are both well worn)
So now I've got a brand new mower and a very capable old spare mower!

Having just spent a couple of hundred quid updating my bike I can see both sides, you can get a lot of money's worth of parts in a new complete bike, particularly in the sales.

 

[fossyant]

It's interesting, changing it to mowers for a moment if I may.
My near 10 year old Honda mowers deck finally rotted out but everything else on it worked well and was serviceable. I bought a new deck costing around £85 but then had a thought, a new similar Honda mower was £330. I ended up buying a new mower, and the deck, figuring other parts on the old mower were well worn and might/will need replacing and Honda parts are not cheap eg a new grass bag another £60-£70, genuine blade £30 (mine are both well worn)
So now I've got a brand new mower and a very capable old spare mower!

Having just spent a couple of hundred quid updating my bike I can see both sides, you can get a lot of money's worth of parts in a new complete bike, particularly in the sales.

Sounds like my dad !!!

 

[tyred]

And for the record I fitted new brake pads today to my 78 year old Humber and there's plenty of life left in the old girl yet.

 

[Justinslow]

Sounds like my dad !!!

I couldn't bare to bin the perfectly good motor, but common sense and experience tells me something else will go wrong or break on it soon (I use it in my grounds maintenance business) having done nearly 10 years it's not done bad! Okay a bit different to bikes but you get the idea!
A couple of years ago I spent £150 on my old mtb and wish I'd put the money to something better, my old mtb is still a turd.

 

[rideswithmoobs]

Father in laws mate has a £5k mondraker electric bike and systematically changed everything. In the process of replacing every conceivable part with HOPE products . He has a controller for the Bosch motor with built in sat nav, every anodised part hope make is on it, brakes- hope, wheels- hope, hubs-hope etc etc. It's brand spanking new as well

 

[fatjel]

My jamis quest has had in order of replacement,
Wheels & tyres , Handlebars ,bar tape , shifters, cassette, derailleurs ,crankset,cables , seatpost, saddle,pedals,
brake blocks and following a smallish crash the frame and forks were replaced with Spa cycles items
I do think of it as a spa audax these days even tho it still has the inner tubes it came with

 

[steve50]

If the frame and handlebars fit you perfectly and the saddle is the most comfortable you have ever sat on the rest is economically replaceable.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I think the more you use an existing bike, the cheaper it becomes, provided you take care of it. My tourer/commuter bike I've had for 8 years, and I've just passed 100,000km on it. The only original parts are the frame, handlebars and brifters: everything else was replaced numerous times as the parts wore out. I'm in no hurry to get rid of this bike, because it's been good to me (and for me).

 

[Drago]

I'd want the frame to break or fail before I replaced a bike.

All the moving components are liable to break or wear out, and a new cassette on a new bike will wear out as quickly as a new cassette on an old bike.

 

[Moodyman]

A good bike that fits is well worth spending on. And whilst the cost of the parts may add up over time, they are generally replaced as and when needed, so do not hurt as much as buying a new bike.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

My Tricross which I bought in March 2014 has had absolutely everything (frame and forks excluded) changed on it bar the left shifter, front derailluer and saddle.

It is the main commuter so does go out in all weathers.

 

[Brains]

My old bike has had 6 new wheels and 4 new frames but it's still my old bike.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I bought my (blue) Ribble winter/work bike back in June 2013, & it's had
3 x pairs of tyres (generally replace as a pair)
4 x chains
1 x cassette
1 x B/B
4 x brake-block sets (F & R replaced each time)
1 x rear-shifter cable (nipple broke off)

Plus, a pair of wheels
Which I might not have done, but I was a cheapskate, & ordered it with the standard Rodi offerings, but both went out of true easily, they also needed a new free-hub
Planet X were selling Vision Team 30, for less than £150, when I was in there one day, so...........................................

 

[Slick]

I must admit, I do fancy a new bike but I can't get over the fact my original bike is now almost unrecognisable due to the sheer amount of new parts fitted. I think I'm just going to stick to what I have.