Originally Posted by
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Go for it....cash the CAAD9 in for a Team Miyata or a 3Rensho or some other top-of-the-line Steel.....with the money from selling the plastic bike you could build a truly drool inducing Vintage race bike.
Haha, it's aluminum, maybe that's why the ride feels as different to me as it does...never ridden carbon so I can't compare there.
Originally Posted by
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Hey, I have to have
some standards
Originally Posted by
JunkYardBike
After reading your thread on the loose BB spindle nut, I wondered to myself what you might be thinking about C&V bikes, having come from the 'roadie' persuasion.
Mechanicals don't bother me at all...I just want to learn how to solve them. Bikes both modern and C&V have their problems. If that kind of stuff bothered me I wouldn't have made it past the Cannondale with the crap out-of-the-box setup I got from the LBS that I eventually (after 4-5 trips there for "adjustment") had to resolve myself.
Originally Posted by
JunkYardBike
I have to confess, however, that although I like steel frames, I'm partial to modern components. I do like the style, mechanical simplicity, and variety of vintage items, but if I'm going for a long ride with lots of hills, I want a lighter bike, more gears, shifting at my fingertips, and clipless pedals. I also want parts availability that avoids the inevitable pitfalls of wear and obscurity.
Of course there's value in that as well. I'll always wear clipless....ain't giving that up. As to the rest, given proper care and maintenance most of these components should dang near last a lifetime. Wheels and bottom brackets are the high stress bearing areas...the rest, I think should last years.