Originally Posted by
jitteringjr
Does it make you feel better inside with the 'my bike is not a sissy bike' comment?
You are still going through groupsets 16 times faster than rekmeyata and 5 times faster than I have. However depending on what exactly we are talking about, I could have gotten more life out of my cassettes and chain rings if I needed to and I really more just wanted more climbing gears for the Colorado mountains instead of the Virginia flats I used to ride when I bought the bike. My shifters are still excellent.
Are you counting race crashes which destroyed components as 'wearing' them out?
Whatever applies to you does not necessarily apply to everyone.. stop assuming that your usage of components applies to everyone else.