Joined: Apr 2014
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From: Back in Lincoln Sq, Chicago...🙄
Bikes: '84 Miyata 610 ‘91 Cannondale ST600,'83 Trek 720 ‘84 Trek 520, 620, ‘91 Miyata 1000LT, '79 Trek 514, '78 Trek 706, '73 Raleigh Int. frame.
Man, I have almost the opposite problem. I recently Repaired the RD on my '84 Trek 610, put 32mm Vitorio's on it and I love it. Then I finally swapped the stem on my '86 Miyata 710 for a shorter one, and also upgraded the tires on it. It's like a new bike, awesome ride. I know the '88 Cannondale Crits I have are just awesomely light and responsive. The Canny ST Series is just as light and stiff but sooo stable and handles heavy panniers...
Maybe it's that all my bikes are Trek Miyata or Cannondale, they just did it right. I haven't gotten into anything European, nothing older than about '83/'84 so my field is very narrow.