This summer has been the first time I have put significant miles on a vintage bike. Most of my vintage collection are wallhangers that get ridden pretty rarely but I finally built up a very practical vintage bike last winter based on a Melton touring frame and have been riding it quite a bit this summer and finding it very enjoyable. It works extremely well for the rail trails and dirt roads I do a lot of riding on.



The semi-modern thumb shifters make a big difference as I just can't make myself go back to downtube shifters. Otherwise I put the most miles on an aluminum Specialized Stumpjumper mountain bike and a CF Giant road bike. I am currently trying to cut back the vintage bike collection a bit and plan on keeping the ones I really love and getting rid of a few that are nice but not truly special for me. I still have 4 or 5 projects in various stages of completion so I haven't stopped acquiring, just slowed way down.