[snotrockets]

Maybe that's the problem, I only ride 15,000km a year or so (used to ride more when I was racing, but life came in the way)

[newaccount74]

That is a lot more than I ride :)

You must have cared well for your bike if it lasts 40 years with that kind of milage.

[snotrockets]

Mileage is split across multiple bikes.

That specific one is 40 years old, but I only owned it for the last four. All my bikes were bought used: like cars, once you roll them out the shop's door, you loose a significant amount of the purchase price.