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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Central Ohio
Posts: 854
Bikes: All 80s Schwinns: 88Prologue, 88Circuit, 88Ontare, 88KOM, 86SS, 88Tempo, 88V'ger, 80V'ger, 88LeTour, 82LTLuxeMixte, 87 Cimarron, 86H.Sierra, 92Paramount9c
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All my road bikes are 80's steel. I see no reason to buy new bikes, perhaps upgrade some of the componentry. For my first year of road biking I just used an '88 LeTour I got for $80, and in great shape too. I wouldn't have had any issues continuing to use that as my only ride but got bit by the bug to get more. Nice thing if you shop around, you can get a lot more old bikes for the money! I've got 4 now and have spent about 1k including shipping 3 of them.
I'll modernize the components of 2 of them, and likely leave all the rest original.