aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,502
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I have a lot of old bikes, but I'm not much of a retrogrouch. I just don't like bikes that won't take tires fatter than 25mm. I prefer tires that are at least 28mm wide. All the other new aspects of new bikes are nice, except derailleurs look plain, and cranks look ugly.