Originally Posted by seedsbelize

I have two Columbus SL, a Tange Prestige, a Tange 1 and a couple lesser bikes which are no less fun to ride. With the tires we have today, I can be assured that anything more modern would undoubtably be no better a rider than what I have now. Big Marketing would be the only winner. I have a shop full of tools and spare parts, and I find working on bikes as enjoyable as riding them. I see no logical reason to ride a modern bike. And, in a thousand years, when all my bikes have rusted away, there will be mountains of plastic bikes clogging the highways, byways and waterways.