Originally Posted by
John_V
This is one of those threads that makes you want to say, "Oh why did ever I give that bike away?"
I can tell you why--Modern machinery is lighter- made of better materials and work better
Saying that- Some of the older bikes were quality and streets ahead of their time. Unfortunately-I never had one of those. I had a Raleigh Trent Tourist and it was heavy- and slow. Mind you- It traveled miles with the group of friends I had in the summer when we used to go on bike rides in the local area. Good group from the village and we had allsorts of bikes from Single speeds right up to a 5 speed racing bike. I can remember one of those trips when we went on back roads to the Thames to see a Sailing ship come into Rochester. 50 miles there and 50 back. Not bad for a bunch of 14 to 16 year olds on bikes that probably weighed as much as them.