Originally Posted by
jitteringjr
You must be hard on your bikes. I have 50K on my Carbon Bianchi and the original wheels are still like new, on the second saddle and have only just now replaced the cassettes and crank. I could have just replaced the crank's chain rings, but I wanted to swap to a compact crank. Shifters are still like new.
It's a titanium frame, I ride in all weather, never wash my bike except riding in rain.
The way a bike should be used... not a fair weather pansy bike.
50k mile? on a carbon bike? since when? how many miles per week?