Timeline for How long is the life cycle of a bicycle?
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| Dec 21, 2019 at 15:57 | comment | added | Weiwen Ng | This is a good answer that took a bit of a different tack from the other ones. I would quibble with some of the statements. Many performance oriented bikes may not be raced, or at least used in formal races. A carbon frame might not break in an obvious crash, although a crash or even light spill might create internal damage that propagates, leading to what appears to be a just riding along failure much later. Also, I don't find the statement about carbon to be quite correct, although you were referencing carbon bikes from when the material was quite new to bikes. | |
| Feb 13, 2019 at 22:03 | comment | added | cmaster - reinstate monica | Steel bikes can also break if you use them (roughly) enough. I've had at least two broken frames and two broken forks, and they were all steel. | |
| Apr 7, 2017 at 11:42 | comment | added | AliGibbs | Carbon can be repaired- its just more difficult/expensive, and since Carbon has only been used in bike frames in the past 10 years- expertise in this area is only just starting to catch up. Example carbon repair service: carboncyclerepairs.co.uk/index.html | |
| Aug 12, 2011 at 20:15 | history | answered | Angelo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |