Old School?

Ive been riding mountain bikes for 28 years -- before the advent of disc brakes and suspension -

In the mid 90's as a 20 something, I was an "old soul" before that term had even been invented -- Oh, I had a new bike sure , but in the days of aluminum 18 pound Cannondales, I rode a new steel DeBErnardi .
I was so disenchanted with the shifting of the Campy Veloce group on it, I removed the shifting mechanism from the brifter levers (I loved the lever shape ) and installed downtube friction shifters
so deep into the brifter age, I preferred lugged steel and downtube shifting

I still prefer tubulars on my nice bikes

- While I am totally modern on the MTB's now, I still prefer to ride vintage steel - not really brand specific but I like Italian stuff --

I'm not too different from a lot of the other folks in the classic/vintage section ---