I am the destroyer of bikes...

[Matty]

Sounds like normal wear and tear...........

On my fixed I've replaced......in 12 months

2 x chain £26
1 x rear sprocket £15
1 x set rear cartridge bearings £12
2 x brake pads £20
1 x rebuilt rear wheel (rim worn but bent by pot holes) £89
1 x bar tape £10
2 x tubes £12
1 x tyre £35

About £219

You aren't doing too bad then !!!!

Was this bike on the scheme? If so, come the end of the 12 month 'rental' period, hardly any of the bike is original!

 

[Matty]

I should add mine then:

2 x brake pads £30
2 x replacement wheels (original ones noisy!) £FOC thanks to LBS
1 x chain £14
1 x grips £14

Bike is 8 months and 2950 miles old.

Can't see the rear tyre lasting much longer!

 

[Tynan]

I'm doing new rims every six months and should do running gear that often if I could afford it

brake pads I don't even count

I thought hubs lasted for ever

 

[magnatom]

Uugh! I've just found out the cost. £230.

Mmm. Better keep that one from Mrs Magnatom!

 

[Telemark]

Uugh! I've just found out the cost. £230.

Mmm. Better keep that one from Mrs Magnatom!

That's quite a list of repairs

Better be extra nice to Mrs M in advance then, just in case some CC Ecossers let this slip out on 11th September
(It won't be me, I hasten to add , I like my brownies too much)

T

 

[gavintc]

Deep sympathies Mags. £230 is a lot in anyone's money. At least it was not the Kinesis bike, as this would have cost you a bit more. From my experience, it is the wet that does the damage. Over the summer, I have noticed a lot less wear and tear on the bikes.

 

[equivalence]

I've got the same bike (Ribble Winter) and a similar commute (22 miles a day in and around Glasgow). I only got the bike around March time but have been using it pretty much every day since (I had a Carrera Subway Singlespeed during the winter and it literally fell apart). Like yourself, I've had a few problem with the wheels, mainly the rear one where a few spokes have snapped. I'm pretty heavy though (16st) and seem to destroy most wheels with ease - my shed is like a wheel graveyard. That said, this has been the only real problem. I do tend to clean it at least once a week when it's wet, and with the wheel problems I've quite often had the cassette off and given it and the rear mech a good clean - it's amazing how dirty it gets with just a week of riding. My main problem though is the god damn mudguards. They drive me nuts. They have pretty much rubbed since I got them and never sit straight. No matter what I do, I don't seem to be able to get them "right". Anyway, I got some new wheels last week (36 spokes which I hope hold up longer than the set that came with the bike), now maybe I just need to play some loud music whilst cycling to tune my mind out of those mudguards - or I suppose buy a new set!

 

[al78]

Uugh! I've just found out the cost. £230.

Mmm. Better keep that one from Mrs Magnatom!

£230 over nine months isn't too bad really.

How much does it cost to get your car serviced? MOT?

How much petrol money/parking charges have you saved by cycling instead of driving?

 

[Kestevan]

I dread to think how much mine has cost me this year....

2 tyres.
New Fulcrum 5 wheels
New Cassette.
1 new chain (and needs another)
Chainset + Cranks, changed from double to compact.
full set of cables (inner and outers).
Bar tape
Bottom bracket
and the headsets showing serious signs of wear.....

Can't even use the excuse of saving on Petrol and Car tax.
The missus and I work at the same company, and she drives while I ride.

Still..... can't complain

 

[2Loose]

Last year on the bruiser saw me spend on;
2 x Tyres,
Bottom Bracket,
Chainset,
Cassette,
2 Chains,
2 pairs disk pads,
Headset bearings,
Powerlinks,
Pedals.

Not to mention the odd tool here and there along with clothing and extra lights, but they don't really count as consumables.

Hmmm. More money than I thought. Still, would spend that much on just tyres in 6mnths on the motor bike so nto that bad all things considered.

 

[goo_mason]

I think I've done OK this year (though I can't really recall everything) - a new set of tyres, a few sets of brake pads, a few gear cables, a seatpost clamp. I've realised though that my "swap chains over after 500 miles has long been forgotten" so I'm due a new chain and likely a rear cassette too (plus the jockey wheels now look like Ninja throwing-stars so they'll need changed too).

As I source the parts online, I can usually find the cheapest supplier of the parts I want and then I'm the mechanic so I never charge myself for labour (other than demanding a constant supply of tea as I work).

Mags - you need to find the cleaning time and the mechanical skills to cut those costs

 

[BSA]

I have the Ribble Winter Trainer.

Granted I have only done 750 miles in the last 12 months, but that has been through all weathers, and apart from the mudguard adjustment mentioned above I've had nothing replaced as yet.

I do give it a clean after wet rides though.

 

[HLaB]

My Hybrid gets subjected to cr@p weather, in 7200 miles (3 years of commuting) other than the regular pads/chains/ cassettes it only suffered from spoke snappage and one rear rim failure and a bent gear hanger. Edit 'Oh and the guards are a mess'. Its only done around 500 miles this year though

The road bikes (8000mls) have rarely seen a commute but other than new tyres/ chains and a snapped mudguard on the Kinesis touch wood they've needed nothing else.

The older sirrus over 10,000 mls, 5years come December (its not even outside at all this year ) has only ever needed new tyres/ pads/ chains and a BB, it used to be used on the commute and has seen all weathers. Out of choice however, new wheels and narrower tyre were added, it was converted to dropbar, the seatpost was changed from suspension to carbon and a new saddle was added. It could do with a new rear wheel now though probably as the indicator is faded in places, I've got about 5700mls out of the Askiums. The plan eventually is to buy new wheels for the Kinesis and put the Quasar wheels (I'd never heard of them either) on the Sirrus. Or to convert the sirrus to a fixie and get new wheels for it.

 

[magnatom]

Grrr!

I picked up the bike yesterday. It all looked good and a quick twiddle of the pedals etc, everything looked like it was working fine. So after checking the tyre pressures (why do bike shops always leave them well below the required pressure!?) I head off to work.

I was glad to have the Ribble back as it was a bit wet and manky this morning. I turn my first corner and there is a hill to climb. About 6%. Nothing much but as it is at the start I don't go too crazy, although I do the first half of it out of the saddle, just to stretch the legs.


CRRRUNCH. The pedals stop dead. I take the pressure off and the rotate again. Mmm. Perhaps just a glitch..........CRUNCH. Oh dear. It's happened again. I can't see what it is. Just near the top of the hill, CRRUNCH. I manage to keep the pressure on the pedals when I stop to see what is happening. The chain is caught between the chainstay and the front derailleur. ?????

So I get off the bike, lift the back wheel and spin the pedals a bit. Something, I can't see what is causing the lower jocky wheel to pull forward, forcing the chain up and getting it caught.

It was damn lucky I was going uphill when that first happened and not powering downhill at 30mph. I could have been off!

I'm not a happy chappy, having just spent £230.

 

[magnatom]

Oh, and to add, I had to limp back home, and get my good weather bike out. All mucky now.