Yesterday my ride was on a bike with the 'bars 7cm below the saddle. The Ideale saddle that's about 140mm wide. Saddle pushed all the way back. Exposed cable routing. The brake levers are so old they don't have hoods and never did. Toe clips. 80mm of bottom bracket drop. Downtube shifters. Only 5 cogs in back. By current standards that bike is so strange it can't be ridden. Except it rides plush, real plush.

So I rode with a friend who was trying out a demo gravel bike. My friend is younger than me, much stronger, still competes. We went to a neighborhood nearby with brick streets. No modern road bike rides those streets. None would attempt it. But my friend has a high-zoot CF gravel bike with 40mm tires and less than 40psi. The most the modern bike could do without flying out of control was about 20mph. My old bike was just cruising. I could jump and drop the modern bike anytime. Comfortably. It's fun to be 66 and drop the youngsters easily. On a 58 year old bike.

Old Motobecane Grand Touring is a good bike and a comfortable bike. They are real easy to work on. Bikes are adjustable. They are very adjustable. It is good to adjust them. It's good to try out all the adjustments and find out what works.