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@Wingedangel
I know you would like an easy life...
and a shiny new bike, and yes I know everything was once 'new'...
however...
the point I am really trying to make is this...
A new bike uses incredible amounts of energy and raw resources to actually create it...it is adding to the whole sale desolation of the planet, just like a new car does... I a city that is filled literally with thousands and thousands of second hand bikes...
It's almost a crime against humanity to buy a new ....anything....
It sounds very melodramatic...though its a very valid point.
Old bikes...on the other hand ...only really need polish and a squirt of oil once a week...and tyres..if he rides it occasionally..maybe as little as oncevery couple of years...
Originally, good quality bicycles that hail from the 50's 60's and 70's...80's even,,that have been well maintained...will last longer than the new bike..
the components are made from better quality materials, and were made to have a longer life...just like the inbuilt obsolesnce that is inherently built into newer cheaper components...