Heh! As a child in the '50s I rode a single speed bike with balloon tires and hub brakes. Now in 2017 we have at least four threads on the front page of BF extolling the virtues of each. We've come around a complete circle! I should have kept my childhood Evans-Colson. Complete with fatties, drum brake, gas tank, 36 spoke wheels, fenders, light and Jones bars!
