Originally Posted by RobbieTunes

Yes you do......

I’m a cyclist and I believe in steel, forged in the heat that made the earth, balanced in the hands of craftsman. I believe in the harmonic hum of tensioned stainless spokes and the silent complaint of rubber on the road. I want to look down and see lugs, the evidence of construction from a simpler time; and polished pieces that evoke the glimmer of riches past. Stems and bars should an amiable pairing, requiring necessary thought and consideration before alteration. A shift should be a metallic confirmation of a choice in effort; braking should be a moderated, concerted interruption of inertia. My ride is a shiny glider of steel, alloy, and chrome, tempered by rubber, leather and cork. I don’t propel it, I wear it as an extension of myself while I command the surface of the planet over which I move, on my own power, at the time of my own choosing, in a manner which I alone mandate.