Trigger's Bike

[KneesUp]

This evening the bike I call my 'do it all' bike, but in reality is 'the only one that has a full set of components' bike came into the kitchen. It did so for two reason - firstly because when I got in from work it was pouring down and I couldn't be bothered to put it in the bike shed, and secondly, because my OH is out, and thus she won't complain about it dripping on the floor.

Anyway, my daughter (6) came into the kitchen, looked at it and, apropos of nothing, said "I love your bike, daddy" This led to quite a nice chat about bikes and so on as she asked me questions about what the various parts were called - and it sort of occurred to me that there aren't many original ones left.

Sure the bike was second-hand, but it was complete and ride-able when I bought it - and in fact I did ride it as it was bought for quite a while.

Since I started making some changes to get the bike how I want it though I have replaced:

both sets of cantilevers
the brake blocks (twice)
the brake levers
the gear changers
the stem
the handlebars
the saddle
the crankset (twice now)
the bottom bracket
the headset
the rear dérailleur
the back wheel
both tyres
all the cables
one inner tube
the pedals
the chain and
the cassette

leaving, I think, the frame, forks, one inner tube, the toe clips, the front dérailleur and the seat post from the original bike I bought.

As it was in the kitchen tonight I thought I might as well do something to it, so I've swapped the crankset again for the one off the frame I bought off @vernon the other week because the one I put on when I was getting back in to cycling (42-32-22) is a tad low geared if you go downhill (it's only got 26" wheels), so it now has a (lighter) 52-42-28 (it was 52-42-32 but there are still plenty of hills I struggle on so I put on a seemingly unused Biopace 28t ring I had lying about - I'm surprised the 26 year old front dérailleur can cope with the range, but it does).

It got me to wondering what percentage of the parts on your bike are original? And at what point does it become another bike?

 

[HLaB]

A lot of my bike (other than the frame) came of my previous bike most of those component have worn out and been replaced or moved to my spare bike so I guess the only thin that is original now is the frame!

 

[vernon]

The frame defines the bike.

My Flying Gate is still a Flying Gate despite the fact that the entire drive train, both wheels and tyres, seat, seat stem, handlebars, chain, brifters and cables replaced the stuff that was on the original bike.

End of story.

 

[raleighnut]

^^^^^^+1, until you change the frame then it is still the same bike, the rest are consumables.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

My Vivente World Randonneur touring bike I use for commuting still has the orignal frame, handlebars and brifters. Everything else has been replaced at least once, though. I've had it 7.25 years and ridden it quite a distance, so things just wear out over time...

 

[fatjel]

My Jamis has had new wheels/tyres , BB , Crankset , pedals, shifters , cassette , chain , bars , stem,
spacers, bar tape , seatpost , saddle , cables , front and rear mech and brake blocks .
Seems like the frame is a bit bent from last weeks crash so may need to replace that too.
Leaving only the inner tubes and brake calipers.

Still I have had it nearly 2 months

 

[alecstilleyedye]

it's easier to list what remains from the original bike that was a 2004 carrera virtuoso:

frame (not forks)
integrated headset
headset spacers

 

[Tommy2]

I bought my first road bike a few years ago , after a few months I decided it was too small so got a second hand frame and forks exactly the same but next size up, a longer stem and wider bars and swapped everything else over.
A few months after that I decided I wanted the groupset to be shimano like my other bikes I had bought, so changed the whole groupset over.
Subsequently nothing on the bike is the same at all but I still think of it as my first road bike!!!

 

[Newman8]

Just the frame: 2nd hand frame & quite a few parts carried over from my last bike, but in its current incarnation, I see it as a new bike... & indeed it's almost clean & shiny enough to pass as new, even though the frame is 16 years old.
Last change was new tyres back in Aug/Sep.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I think on my Sirrus the only original parts are the saddle, the hydraulic brakes and the little chain ring, every thing else has been changed including the frame and forks which were written off after being hit last year.

 

[fossyant]

My best bike has all the original main parts - other than the wear items - chain/cassette/ chain rings.

The MTB has had quite a few upgrades, but is still period (early 90's) - the 7 Speed STI's were just on the market when bought, and are still working sweet - I had my doubts as the first unit failed within a week of buying the bike whilst we were riding up Snowdon, but the replacement has been fine for the last 25 years... (watch it fall to bits soon).

 

[Tommy2]

I tell a lie, it is the original bike because I just remembered I never changed the saddle!!!!!!!