I love the look of some old bikes and some new ones.
I enjoy the simplicity of a nice steel frame, rigid fork and rim brakes.
These days my retro tastes are more toward road/touring/cyclo-cross bikes.
I didn't realise there was such animosity towards modern bikes until I complimented a customers bike, he brought in a Roberts, and we started chatting about it but he just launched into a rant of why modern bikes are not as good. His parting shot was the Roberts was made when you could still get light weight mtbs.
I weighed the Roberts and it was 24lbs
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Probably the type that sits up at night telling people on forums that rim brakes are better than discs.
I've got a modern xc race bike, brilliant suspension, 29 inch wheels and modern compounds, tubeless tyres. My times improved over night, and I was consistently beating other riders I couldn't before.
It's a bike, not an ornament. Having said that, I reckon my new bike looks absolutely great.
I enjoy the simplicity of a nice steel frame, rigid fork and rim brakes.
These days my retro tastes are more toward road/touring/cyclo-cross bikes.
I didn't realise there was such animosity towards modern bikes until I complimented a customers bike, he brought in a Roberts, and we started chatting about it but he just launched into a rant of why modern bikes are not as good. His parting shot was the Roberts was made when you could still get light weight mtbs.
I weighed the Roberts and it was 24lbs

Probably the type that sits up at night telling people on forums that rim brakes are better than discs.
I've got a modern xc race bike, brilliant suspension, 29 inch wheels and modern compounds, tubeless tyres. My times improved over night, and I was consistently beating other riders I couldn't before.
It's a bike, not an ornament. Having said that, I reckon my new bike looks absolutely great.