All I can say is, what keeps me in love with 80's non-indexed, DTed, sidpulled, single pivot, non-taildragger framed, tubular tired, non- briftered, single bottle mount, leather covered saddled, racing bikes is the elegant, simplicity of the classic early to mid 80's machine. For some reason, the complication and "clutter" that later technologies added to the basic racing bicycle just seems to blur things for me. The 80's saw the pinnacle of this modern simplicity that attracts me. To me, it was sort of a "Bahaus" movement in bicycling where modern design was taken to it's basic, most efficient form. I get this spedially with my Vitus Carbone with it's basic, simple (even monochromatic) design.
JMOs

Chombi