Originally Posted by jamawani

You know - I'm touring again this summer on my 1989 Trek 8000 which I modified for touring back then. It's got close to 100,000 K on it and I have no problem putting a few more thousand on it. I mean, yeah, you need to replace a few components now and then plus keep it tuned - but if it's basically sound, why let some hot-rodder on a $7,000 bike give you any grief - it's your life.

John