What Retrobike "feature" do you avoid when looking for bikes?

[Titiritero]

As the title says. It might be totally subjective, or pure taste, not trying to make a list of bad Vs good as many might be looking for exactly what I would avoid.

I start:
-U brakes. I loved GTs and their colours but didn't get one at the time because of that
-early aluminium
-suspension forks, regardless of vintage
-I prefer single colour frames, but won't completely avoid a multi coloured one if specially nice

 

[bikeworkshop]

Full length cables
Cheap dropouts
High bottom bracket
Aluminium

 

[mk one]

Rust!

 

[Ren Rawbor]

Astronomic prices & TY22 (ETA-: I forgot gripshit even existed for a blissful moment there. avoid that like the plague too, maybe even more than the plague)

Anything else is pretty much fair game, even rust.

 

[Imlach]

Agreed on no vintage squish and no u brakes. No bonded frames or carbon either.

 

[Antstark]

What’s up with U brakes !
STX groupset..cheap tat that corrodes in front of your eyes
Any type of grip shift
Flexstems

 

[rentedmule]

Elevated chain stays
Cantilever brakes
Quill stems / threaded headsets
Top tube sloping downward toward the headtube (i.e., bikes that look higher in the back than front)

 

[PhillB]

Yellow, mainly.
I hate yellow…. (And bananas for that matter).
I love a U-brake though.

 

[Suprachrgd82]

Gripshift
Rusty bolts
Threaded steerers
<LX components
Dents & cracks

 

[benjabbi]

Not always, I do own some blue stuff, but generally I'll steer clear of anything other than black or silver anodising. Just my taste, not a huge fan.