lukesdad
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Ive been interested reading some of the recent posts about problems with todays bikes and comoponents and thought id share this. Back in 93 I decided to purchase a mountainbke (had roadbikes uptill then) and plumped for a cannondale m 2000.£899 from Evans in Woking,lot of dosh back then. Baring in mind this was in the days before v-brakes and any suspension it was state of the art.
I am still riding it today just done 40 miles on the road around the pressilli hills. Ive done everything on it half a SAMS season on it ,marathons,100 k mtb etc. even time trials with clip on aerobars and road tyres. I do about 5000 miles a year on it now mainly as a winter training Bike but alot more on it before other exotica came along,so its probably done in excess of a 100,000 miles.
Here,s the point it is on its original bottom bracket and hubs 2nd cassette rear mech and chainwheels , other than that the only other major thing was a new set of wheel rims everything else other than blocks chains and cables is original spec mainly xt and ritchie logic.
We are growing old together and if all the bikes had to go save one.......well need I say more!
Not all advances are progress and certainly not value for money !
I am still riding it today just done 40 miles on the road around the pressilli hills. Ive done everything on it half a SAMS season on it ,marathons,100 k mtb etc. even time trials with clip on aerobars and road tyres. I do about 5000 miles a year on it now mainly as a winter training Bike but alot more on it before other exotica came along,so its probably done in excess of a 100,000 miles.
Here,s the point it is on its original bottom bracket and hubs 2nd cassette rear mech and chainwheels , other than that the only other major thing was a new set of wheel rims everything else other than blocks chains and cables is original spec mainly xt and ritchie logic.
We are growing old together and if all the bikes had to go save one.......well need I say more!
Not all advances are progress and certainly not value for money !