I'm just shy of 50. I started riding in '87 at 14 years old and never really stopped.
Now I have more bikes than I need, both modern and vintage. But it's fun/enjoyable to ride. It's fun to putter about, working on them. It's fun to window shop (or actually shop) for N+1. It's fun to plot about ideas of how to upgrade or modify them. I get better workouts running and the occasional transcendent moment, but riding is more enjoyable. Solo or with others.
And now I can reminisce about the bikes that I imprinted on back in high school and college, reading Bicycling and Bicycle Guide. Sometimes I even remember things from those articles and reviews and can contribute something to a contemporary discussion about "old" bikes from the late 80's into the mid-90's. One of these days I might even pick up an RB-1... Or recreate something similar in a custom frame.
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