Originally Posted by
Essthreetee
Have you ever modernized a bike...only to find out that you don’t really ride it...and wish that you had kept the original parts?
I have a ‘84 Schwinn Tempo that I bought to build in honor of the one that my grandpa purchased for me prior to his passing...that then got stolen.
It was all original, and I built it up with full intentions of riding it once in a while.
I have only ridden it ONCE.
Someone tell me I am not alone in this...
(yes, it is 100* and I am sitting in my garage, sweating and trying to find something to do).
Haven't done that yet, gone the other way a couple of times and have a couple that was done to already that I wish were still original but have some that are wonderfully original too.
Being very OCD I would probably talk myself out of it before it got off the ground.
That being said it won't stop me from retro/resto modding/moderning some as my twisted visions present themselves.
The same OCD will never let the old/original parts get away so no danger of not being able to go back, many times even broken, rusty, crappy, whatever parts can be useful to use as a pattern, reference and anchor moving forward.
