It really is, we have some bike in our shop that was £150 brand new, after 6 months of heavy usage, we have to quote £230 to replaced the worn out part (including wheels that was badly out of true and cracked at the stem due to poor wheelbuilding).
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It really is, we have some bike in our shop that was £150 brand new, after 6 months of heavy usage, we have to quote £230 to replaced the worn out part (including wheels that was badly out of true and cracked at the stem due to poor wheelbuilding).