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if you haven't destroyed your mtb after 10 years of riding you might not need a mountain bike at all.

And with MTB you mean MTB frameset? I see plenty of hard ridden +10 year old MTB steel frames. I have two myself.

In mountainbiking I think the greater threat to longevity is “standards” inflation though. 157mm super boost spacing, here we come.

Oldest I've seen is a 15 years old XC hardtail that has been put to sleep only because its owner slammed it into a tree opening a hole in the top tube. No human was hurt, fortunately, rest of the bike was still in great condition.

Curious to see the +10 years old full sus steel frames, though.

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