Hi, Joe, That's a nice anecdote. I keep my mileage, and tried to record when I change tires and wheels, but there is so much movement/rotation of parts it's hard to keep track. Incidentally, I got my first Romulus in 2004 (and second one in 2007) but didn't keep either beyond 2009. Now all my bikes are 650b, but I always look lovingly at a Romulus when I see one.
Fun riding! Franklyn On Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 8:39:39 PM UTC-7, joe b. in portland wrote: > > Cross posted to RBW and iBoB. > > I'm updating the drive train on my canti-Rom, bought pretty much new as a > frame from a Wyoming i-bob in 2005. I realized looking through my > maintenance notes that I'm right at 30k miles--hard to believe! It was fun > to tally up what's been done over that time, especially since I've mostly > left it alone since the initial build. Spoiler alert: simple bikes are > really low maintenance. > > In 30k including year round commuting in Montana and Oregon, touring on > all surfaces, and generally getting around, I've replaced... > > 10 sets of tires, mostly paselas > 10 sets of front brake pads > 10 chains > 2 freewheels (though original suntour not worn out) > 2 sets of bar tape > 1 front rim > 1 set of rear pads > 1 saggy B17 standard > 0 chainrings (steel, well, I did pull off the original biopace rings) > 0 cables, shift or brake (yay? yikes?) > > Here's to the next 30k, possibly with a 2x10 drive train if it works out. > > Best, > joe > pdx or > > Caveat lector. Sent from a phone. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
