What's the oldest piece of cycling kit you're still using?

My saddle, rear rack and mudguards date from c 1990, transferred from my old bike to my new one. Apart from that, its me, circa 1950's or thereabouts!

Every summer, I go on holiday in the Madison touring shorts I bought back in 1985. 

My eyes are older than my teeth.

Stuck at moment. My 32mm road bike was stolen, my fixie and old road bike were burnt. Carbon fork melted, etc. Both frames +10 hours =ok.
Looking at gravel bike. But had 100+km hilly daily easy on 14.5 kg hybrid and at moment 11kg gravel or hybrid are 250-300 quid. Lifetime warranty, well made, skimp on 7 -9 speeds with mechanical -hydraulic discs.
Wanted drop bars, narrower throw into store of campervan, faster. But flatbars made city gutters a piece of art.
Argggh.. Flatbar gets 3*8 or 3*9 with hydraulic responses. Be awesome to climb with.
Dropbar gets 2*7 with faster rolls. Wind tops me about 70 on flatbars, 100+ crouched in drops. Kmph.
Might get 3*8 mechanical flatbar and dropbar that. Ease to climb.
Oldest bit of kit.. Mmm. At moment probably a 24 inch bmx. Too much thought. I think I'll go without and just ride that. Gets about 15kmph ave across city distances, up/down hills. Just gotta walk it abit up. Ain't shiny now. Had it 25 years bought used.
Works guts more than road bikes, sort of might be lack of discipline to hold speeds on roadies though.

A Turbomatic 2 saddle, from the first bike I bought myself (a Rossin in Columbus SLX), sometime in the early 90s. It lives on my Brompton now.

An old metallic bottle from the 80s. Lovely piece of kit and not even a stain after having carried over 60000 litres of water. Bought it as a college student and have been carrying it on 6 different bikes since then. Still do.

I still ride this Raleigh Record I bought in 1973, when I visit my brother's place (where it's stored now). Gave it a bit of TLC a few years ago. It's very heavy but very smooth.

Just tonight I found the Mafac brake levers from the Elswick Mistral I got when I was 12 in 1980. That was a lovely bike - heavy frame but Shimano Uniglide 400 derailleurs and beautiful Mafac centre-pull brakes. Converted to flat bars in about 1988 for my sister and sadly nicked from her student flat in York in about 1991.

But the upside is I still have the levers, drilled for lightness and with barrel adjusters in the hoods. I hope they will go onto my 1988 531 tourer if I ever get it back on the road.

I bought this 1964 Triumph bike for my friend who I was trying to talk into cycle commuting. It cost just £17 on eBay. However, I loved her bike so much I didn't want to give it to her. But a freak of fate meant that the men's version came up on eBay too. Same year, 1964, same colour, and even the same price... £17!

Both bikes are original, unrestored, and in full working order being used at least once a week. You can't beat a British 3 speed steel bike for soul.

The frame, stem and saddle post of my 1983 Orbit Gold Medal. Over the years it's been resprayed twice (the first time by Orbit under warranty!) and in around 2003 I had it converted to 8 speed Sora with a triple chainring (and given its second respray).  Brought it with me to South Australia, and when I persuade myself to start cycle commuting again it will be back in regular service. Rough estimate is that it has around 100,000 miles on it, so kudos to Reynolds 531c.

Ah... the XC 717, became an annual tradition of re-rimming my wheels after wearing through a set of 717s every winter.

Lovely rims to build with

I have only just retired my getting to work bike earlier this year, '91/2 Marin Pine mountain, purchased 2nd hand before I moved to Brum in '97.  Still had 3x7 and cantis, though changed from DX to XT and curves.  Had to retire her, Mavic stopped making the XC 717 26 inch rim brake rim.  Everything had been replaced at least once, apart from the frame, even changed the cable guide under the bb about 8 years ago, the rear cable had worn through.

Good XT 8 speed casettes were becoming very expensive as well, and SRAM had stopped making good 8 speed chains.

Best £250 I had ever spent.

I still have some Pearl Izumi tops from the early 00s, though could have been late 90s.

Still us the old Specialized Hardrock as a pub and fun bike. Hesitate to call 1989 old actually. 30 years is not old unless you are a nipper. Plenty of other older kit in use but not frequently (on a weekly basis maybe) .

Actually until recently my dad's old Kona was also still in use, but I sold it to a covetous friend who collected retro MTB gear. Looking forward to seeing his restoration job.

My old Kona top, from back when Kona was still cool and did skinny steel tubes with Hawaiian jungle graphics (1998 perhaps?). I got a matching jacket and short sleeve jersey set, although the jacket eventually died an honourable death after one filthy, muddy night ride too many.

The jersey is still trucking although starting to get just a leetle too tight. Only comes out for special occasions such as riding up a 10,000ft Hawaiian volcano or racing a local CX circuit with a 'death spiral' feature which matches the jersey.

Flite saddle and USE Ti seatpost combination from 1992 still going strong. Still riding my 1995 Kona Explosif more than any other bike - only the frame is original, mind.

Till May I had a Z jersey from the late 80's that I bought 2nd hand off Ebay. Last time I wore it was when I came off the bike and suffered road rash and muscle injuries but what hurt the most was losing the jersey 

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByAX11ZFtnd/

Karrimor panniers and bar bag, July 1984

My wife and I both regularly ride our 1989 Moultons. We also still wear our Tudor Sport tights that just do not wear out and look like new after a wash. Mine date from the mid 80s. We also regularly wear our fluo yellow Gortex jackets from the same era although the yellow is somewhat faded now. 

Still have this baby, bagged and tagged. Dont know where, when it was purchased. But is in pristine unused condition.

my legs...

My bike frame, forks and most of the headset are from 1993. I had other bikes before that, but I don't think I had any kit that I still use.

A mid 80s polyester version of a knitted jersey made for belgian cycling club Het Slijpend Wiel. No affiliation, bought it from a dodgy secondhand place in the arches at Camden market back in the 90s. It's a shocker in the summer but gets hauled out occasionally when the temps drop, which is most of the year up here to be fair, so I really should wear it more to represent the Slijpers.

If you want an example photo may as well go back to the source. Check out the Peter Griffin lookey-likey man with glasses in the photos here:

http://www.hetslijpendwiel.be/componenten/filebeheer/bestanden/854720733...

Galibier mistral bib tights. 7 winters now. I own a Superconfex jersey for 18 years but its a good 9 since it fitted me!

Ortlieb Pannier Bags - must be over 20 years old now.  Indestructable!

I have La Vie Claire jersey from about 1985 that still gets out on some summer days. The picture is me setting off for France from Llandudno to watch the 1989 Tour.