Originally Posted by Road Fan

At the same time, there is a lengthy and active thread here about updating bikes of your and other classic eras, with modern 2x10 et cetera drive trains. I have done this with my 1985-ish Mondonico and it emerged with original paint, all-silver more-modern Campy 3x10 and then 2x10. It's a great rider made better. It's using tubulars, and in current trim it's a bit under 20 # (small frame, 53 cm c-t).

I'm also old enough to think maybe I don't have a lot more pedaling decades. What we choose to pedal from now on is strictly our own choice, and there are still quite a lot of things to choose from. And if you have it in your heart to pedal your own bike as you recall it after so long, Is that somehow against mixing and matching eras and styles where it offers something?

My newest project, beyond some maintenance and keeping Mrs. Road Fan pedaling happy (TOP priority!), is to get a 1952 Rudge Clubman-style bike up and on the road. By a small amount, this bike is actually older than I am. I got it nearly complete - what's missing is a saddle and a clip to attach the saddle to the steel saddle pin. Also a previous owner replaced one of teh brake levers with a Weinmann. Given the part broke, many people will go with a current part when something fails, and I've done that as well.

At the same time, I plan to build some new period-compatible wheels for it, with 27" Al rims, and a 4-speed Sturmey FM hub with alloy shell. I think this frame will be very comfortable for long distance, for freaks of any age. There may be more "hot-rodding," but we'll just see.