Joined: Jan 2009
Posts: 44,320
Likes: 6,605
From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
I suspect [MENTION=101819]Sixty Fiver[/MENTION] can say that about a few of his bikes only because he has so many more to tinker with.
I wonder if this inability to stop tinkering is a good thing. Why can't I leave well enough alone? I always find room for improvement. Is it because the rider-bike relationship is unusually intimate?
I've thought lately that my Bianchi Volpe is just about perfect. It's heavier than I'd like it to be, but there isn't much potential to lighten it without reducing its utility. But it runs great and is immensely comfortable. Then recently, I realized that the brakes on it were always substandard, so I changed the cantilevers and replaced them with vintage cantilevers. The front is a huge improvement but the rear isn't. Maybe it's good enough. I'll wait and see. But by waiting and not decided, I am perpetuating this trend of leaving room for improvement.