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Old 08-27-18 | 01:59 PM
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Troll post? I mean, this is the C&V forum. Do you really think we will tell you not to ride those bikes?

Btw, they are beautiful, and you should be happy and proud to have them. But does that mean a museum would want them for display? I don't think there are very many museums of that type, and I have a hunch the bikes would have to be truly significant, not just beautiful. Otherwise they would likely sell them and put the proceeds in their endowment, like NPR does with donated cars.

Those were once state-of-the-art bikes. Are they worse bikes now than they were when they were new?

If you are a blistering paceline type rider and/or racer, then you probably want modern equipment. I don't ride that way and have never gotten from my bikes all they have to give. And I am at an age where realistically I am probably not on a wattage up-slope. I figure if I'm not faster it's almost entirely not the bike's fault. Ymmv.
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