Originally Posted by
SaltyShorts
There's a lot of nostalgia-generating material above!
.... I have 64,000 miles on my carbon Trek now (and I have a friend who races and has over 200,000 miles on his carbon Ridley).
I would still like to have a really nice late-1970's bike again, kind of like a classic car that you drive only on Sundays. The only modernizations I would give it are clipless pedals, cycle computer, and maybe aerobars.
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Welcome to BF !
200,000 mi on a CF frame bike - what model year is that ? and does he have/use other bikes???
I can see 8K steady, each year, but on just one bike - don;t know many (or any) who do that kind of mileage on ONE bike, for al that time - or even have just one bike...
If you're interested, I have a bunch of 70's bikes, in somewhat good condition, which almost never get ridden, and good sewup wheelsets, along with cassette based wheels, which almost never are ridden...
Over years, without any intention, I seem to have become a 'collector'...
probably more accurate would be 'hoarder'...
I see them and what emerges is a vision of a 'life well ridden'...
Ride On
Yuri
They could use a 'Tune-up' LOL!