Originally Posted by
peter_d
Maybe this is a sign of getting old but seems to me that both cyclists and photographers in past years were able to do more with less compared to their modern counterparts.
You do the best you can with what you have.
Neither cyclists or photographers ever imagined that that equipment would get better then the "state of the art" stuff they were using at the time.
The men and women who crossed the American plains to settle the West were using the best available equipment.