Comment by jacquesm

Good stuff, I've always been very kind to my bikes, avoid impact on the rims if I can (no kerb hopping, always aiming for the least impact if there is an obstacle on the road). Even so, with these bikes and the mileage they make (my brother wears out a frame every couple of years) it's probably a good idea to up the monitoring rate on the frame, especially at all the weld and high stress points. I've never had a frame fail - yet - in spite of many km on all kinds of bikes but that has also turned this into something of a blind spot so that warning is definitely a good one.