Am I missing something? In the 60s and 70s cycles would possibly get the odd look at the weekend. Oil the chain oil in the front an rear axles and bottom
bracket. Where as cars got serviced every 3000 miles. Nowadays cars get serviced 12000miles or more whereas cycles seem to need servicing every
Time you go out.
Don't know about that. I built up my first bike in the early 60s - Ted Gerrard Frame, Campag mechs, Tubs etc etc, and I knew every single ball bearing on that bike, every single bolt. I learnt a hell of a lot building it, and that bike was kept absolutely pristine. Of course I was a Meccano boy, like many of my generation, and it seemed a perfectly normal thing to do.
