Here's the brief scoop on me. I own a 2007 Trek 1000 that gets most of my miles and all of the miles I do that involve riding with the family towing the bike trailer or if it's bad weather. I also own a 2008 Trek Madone 5.5 that has barely more than a 1400 miles on it that I only ride when the weather is great and I'm racing (which I no longer do) or riding a fast club ride.

I want another bike (don't we all?) and am slowly easing myself into randonneuring. I want a bike that I'll use for all of my solo rides (that don't involve errands) as well as my long distance riding.

Logic would say that I should just use one of my other bikes or just get a new bike. I've been guided towards something like Velo Orange rando frame, etc.

For some reason, I just can't get the desire to ride an older style steel bike. One with downtube shifting and a very clean front (no wires everywhere). It's been tough finding my size (I'm 6'4 or 6'5 on a good day) but now and then I find one that is decent but I never pull the trigger. There is just some mystique about them that I want to ride.

I had an old Schwinn Varsity at one point a few years ago that I used as a beater, but ended up selling it as the value on my 1000 plummeted and I wasn't as worried about it getting stolen. The thing was heavy as a beast and seemed to take a huge amount of effort to get rolling, but once it did it kept going. I'm not as interested in getting something quite that heavy unless it has some function (aka with racks, bags, etc).

Am I just crazy?