Well….with pieces of the plastic covering on the cables on my weight machine shattering and spreading across my bedroom, I think I’m the only one in history who has worn out a weight machine….every other one I’ve seen in peoples houses still looks like new…and is used for hanging clothes on or for collecting dust….and I’ve done the same thing to my current bike….it is hanging on by a thread…I can still ride it but it’s best days are certainly behind and it will need to replaced soon…and I’ve never worn out one of those at any other time in my life but none of the other ones were as complex as the Motobecane….even my road bike, my 1971 Schwinn Supersport is not worn out, but it is simple compared to my mountain bike….it’s a wonder I don’t feel worn out….but I don’t….more later….