I calculate the service cost delta between my FS bike and my hardtail at less than $75 per year. That's doing my own bearing changes and air can service (not saying I follow the intervals religiously). My frame bearings seem to last several years, and that's on a Knolly with its fair share of pivots. For me saving money on service never entered the HT purchase decision. I love my modern-geo hardtail, but if I could only have one bike for riding primarily on the shore, it would be a FS rig no question.
Nov. 30, 2021, 9:36 a.m. - Skooks
I calculate the service cost delta between my FS bike and my hardtail at less than $75 per year. That's doing my own bearing changes and air can service (not saying I follow the intervals religiously). My frame bearings seem to last several years, and that's on a Knolly with its fair share of pivots. For me saving money on service never entered the HT purchase decision. I love my modern-geo hardtail, but if I could only have one bike for riding primarily on the shore, it would be a FS rig no question.