Originally Posted by
spock
I wouldn't say that modern is "better" or "superior". It's just different. That thing is certain. Besides that, certainty goes out the window. I personally prefer vintage and not because of nostalgia or certain look and I am definitely interested in riding.
I'm with Spock on this. There have been improvements, and there have been changes that weren't improvements, made for marketing or financial reasons (IMO, for instance, threadless headsets--harder to adjust than quill stems, with no clear advantages). I don't even have much use for indexed shifting in everyday riding (but I'm not interested in debating it...).
I could be happy with either bike--but $1200 seems like WAY too much for that Bianchi.