aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,502
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I've been riding a bike for a long time, and I've had only one incident where a collision damaged a wheel or frame, and in my case, it damaged both. That was in 1982. I don't have statistics, but I think a collision-caused failure occurs less often than once every five years.
I don't lock my bike in public that often, so I can't speak much of damage done at a bike rack. I've had plenty of bikes stolen, though, so that is a very serious risk. And lots of people leave their bikes locked up in my neighborhood 24 hours a day. They get cannibalized a lot.