Originally Posted by
TLit
Weight never used to bother me and the Univega seemed better in that regard than the standard competitors in the 70s and 80s. I checked out a bunch of bikes on Amazon, the ones with the good reviews started around $700. I was thinking of going up to areas where used bikes seemed to be a lot more common than in sw CT, such as Greenfield Mass.
I was able to go from southern Fairfield county to southern VT in a day with fully loaded panniers once.
If you don't mind the question, how long has it been since the last time you did any riding?
I grew up riding the type of bikes you're describing, and I found out by riding one a few years ago that I really hate the way they feel now. I love road bikes from the 1990s, but no earlier for the reasons discussed above.