Originally Posted by
ThermionicScott
That's the sensible take, anyway.

I have this mental image of former racers who are sentimentally attached to their old bikes, but can't ride in a super-aero position anymore, so they convert them. I know it used to be a thing for Euro pros who didn't get rich at it...
Actually that Nevada City was a garage queen. The prior own had bought it new and apparently could never get comfortable on it. The original parts were all like new.
As for the not being able to ride in a super-aero position, that may be the destiny of my Buenos Aires in another 10 years or so. I'm 45 now and already have the bars pretty high, but the Nitto Tecnomic stem I used could go up another four inches before it hit its minimum insertion point. Not that that wouldn't be ugly.