Originally Posted by
Koyote
As
cxwrench and others have noted, mileage (rather than chronological age) is the key variable. Since I'm more into riding bikes than collecting them, my most ridden bikes get more miles
per year than your bikes have gotten
ever. Hence the yearly (or more frequent) cable replacement.
Garage queens don't need much maintenance.
Yup. Of my 7 bikes, 2 of them get the vast majority of use.
2000+ per year on my 2014 Synapse Carbon road bike which now has over 16K miles.
1000+ per year on my 2017 Jamis Renegade gravel bike which now has almost 6K miles.
Two of my mountain bikes each get less than 100 miles per year - both purchased used.
The other 3 are gathering dust right now.