Originally Posted by
FBinNY
IMO - this alone makes you old school.
-- this actually is flattering
Originally Posted by
Bandera
My first coach raced on the board tracks pre-WWII.
The fundamentals of technique, training and mindset that he passed on to me nearly 50 years ago are still in use today on every ride.
I am Old School, with a post graduate degree.
-Bandera
I love the beauty and simplicity of track racing (which is really not simple at all ) --- the pic I am posting below I hope meets the criteria of "old school but with a post grad degree" as well
Originally Posted by
texaspandj
"Fine line between old school and curmudgeon".
I like this quote -- I feel like I am straddling it well ---I love tinkering with and riding my older road machinery , to me, road frame evolution stopped almost after my SLX DeRosa left the factory- I cant even describe how many more smiles per ride I get vs my carbon fibre Cannondale ---
Buuut I still have Masters level racing and fitness aspirations - I'm too old and too out of shape to leave any performance on the table on the rare occasion I can get to the boards ---
- This is the custom trackie I have in the works ----- Its traditional steel, but its oversize - very oversize , and has a tapered headtube --- but check the stylized seat cluster lug ! I know the rest is TIG'd, but there is sheer beauty in this particular builder's stack of dimes welds
-- its at the painters now, but the paint scheme is going to tick off some vintage style points I hope as well ! --- Its replacing my lugged steel 753 Waterford trackie, - I never felt like it held me back at all for most uses, but I could detect bottom bracket flex and a little bit of shimmy during hard efforts from the steering stem/ fork area with al types of wheelsets used ( ive tried enough to eliminate a flimsy front wheel from the equation) ---
-- Bike will wear tubulars and a Turbo saddle naturally
