Originally Posted by
tendency
Nice bikes - given your age (guessing based upon your comment of the '82 being the first bike you bought w/ your own $$) are you actually still able to ride those in such an aggressive setup?
sure thing, no problem. However, they get very little usage these days as they both have original Dura Ace AX and EX 6 speeds, so the gearing is the issue for me. But yes, I’ll still occasionally hop on any of them and take on short leisurely rides. My ‘92 Team is much more usable in this regard as it has 7700 series Dura Ace.
But to be honest, I much prefer the modern Campy equipped bikes I have. I just finished converting my ‘91 Zullo to 11 speed Athena and it’s now my favorite steel go to bike.
I’m currently working on building up my Tesch S-22 with 11 speed Super Record. Once that is done, I have one more 11 speed Athena group to use but haven’t yet decided which of my other bikes I will rebuild with it. I’m leaning towards my ‘89 Pinarello Montello. It won’t be any of the Miyata. The early ones are all period correct and the ‘92 is still very usable with the 7700 DA.