Originally Posted by
acidfast7
personally, if you like and it an rides OK, keep it. people on this forum are obsessed with "smart money" and i'm not sure why that is.
also, i think that the lack of panic stop adds to the excitement of an old bicycle.
Being able to stop quickly is a requirement for any bike I own. If that makes me a snob, so be it.
Originally Posted by
wroomwroomoops
Yeah, for instance, "everybody knows" that $600 Campagnolo cranks are so much better than $80 no-name cranks. They just, you know, spin all by themselves!
There's a difference between comparing decent parts to crazy expensive parts and having a bike that functions as it should versus one that doesn't. Who here suggested $600 cranks?