beng1

Pssssst, you are in the Classic and Vintage section of a bicycling forum where hundreds or thousands of cyclists love their old Schwinns and other heavy old bicycles. They know what you have missed, that the bikes are as easily enjoyed as they were when they were new, as I enjoyed mine as a teen in the 70s, that not all cyclists are snobs and that all parts of the history of cycling, and all parts of history period, are worth preserving, not just the history of the elite, powerful and wealthy. It is why world famous professor and historian Howard Zinn wrote A People's History of The United States.