multimodal commuter
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: NJ, NYC, LI
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
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I have upgraded, or modernized, my share of bikes. I may have improved some, too, but I'm not so sure about that. Many times I've changed a bike to entirely modern components and ridden it that way for a while (until something broke), then changed it back to the way it started.
Bottom line, for me, is that I have absolutely no objection to your plans to modernize the bike, but I'm not at all sure you're going to improve it, really.