Originally Posted by
climber7
i was gonna start a thread asking the same questions but found this first. good to know.
one more question, though: how often do you guys change shift / brake cables?
Not often enough since mine usually seem to break before I remember to change them. This once resulted in my having to buy a new shifter. This also once resulted in my having to race with no rear brake. Oops.
I did have to replace my chainring once because it was out of round, and the teeth were starting to get worn down, but that was after a few years and lots of miles in bad conditions. By that point I had also destroyed the BB, so I just replaced the whole thing.