Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
My LBS's nickname for me was "the bike destroyer". I tend to ride as fast as I can and pay little attention to bad pavement. For example, on my commute home I often take 6 deep road ruts at 25+ (I get a bit of air). I also bunny hop a fair amount.
I also ride hard and aggressive , hit potholes, bad pavement, ride up and down the curbs and all that stuff. Never broken any of my steel frames in the past 8 years. I also have an aluminium framed MTB and I beat the crap out of it, never wash winter salt out of it, it's still solid, no cracks. Sometimes I wish that my aluminium frame would crack so I could justify buying myself another steel framed bike.
