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In Reply to: RE: Bikes for nostalgic old farts .... posted by reelsmith. on June 14, 2017 at 10:09:29
But with 10 speed via downtube shifters.It's the L'Eroica thing - steel and downtube shifters are way hip :-)
Cheers,
John K
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Vintage guys on vintage bikes.
Look like a very cool event.
My favorite part of cycling has always been climbing hills.
Back when I was a daily rider and in good shape there was nothing I enjoyed more than getting out of the saddle and charging up a hill.
What a rush !
Thanks again. I enjoyed that.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
Vintage looks out of place now. I started in '84 on a Centurian Dave Scott Ironman w/36 spokes. Could never go back to those days with ugly/droopy saddles one inch stem and odd looking fork rakes.
Vintage looks out of place now. I started in '84 on a Centurian Dave Scott Ironman w/36 spokes. Could never go back to those days with ugly/droopy saddles one inch stem and odd looking fork rakes.
I started on a Centurion LeMans exactly like the one below (minus the safety reflectors). I'll have to differ with you because I still like the look. I don't care for the sloping top tubes that are so common today, and I think a lot of the aero features on top racing bikes look out of proportion and ugly (purposeful, but ugly).
...Jaguar XKE, or a Ferrari Dino.
Timeless good looks.
I think a lot of modern bikes look way cool... others as awkward as a Pontiac Aztek.
To each their own.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
I don't mind the look at all and am tempted at times to go real vintage, but the downtube shifters scared me sometimes back in the '80's, still scare me now - Nothing spookier than downhill twisties and trying to pre-shift for the right gear when the bottom corner is approaching ......
Good for social cruises though. Zero maintenance.
Cheers,
John K
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