Dropouts

Another view of my old bicycle's frame, after 85,000 miles. It's in builder Matt Assenmacher's shop to be repainted, and realigned....

85,000 isn't as unattainable as it probably seems. At 15 miles per hour:
100 miles takes less than 7 hours
1000 miles takes less than 70 hours
10000 miles takes less than 700 hours

I ride faster than that. I've owned this bike for 30 years. For the first eleven of those years, I didn't own a car.