Steel is real
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Not far from Paris
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Bikes: 1992Giant Tourer,1992MeridaAlbon,1996Scapin,1998KonaKilaueua,1993Peugeot Prestige,1991RaleighTeamZ(to be upgraded),1998 Jamis Dragon,1992CTWallis(to be built),1998VettaTeam(to be built),1995Coppi(to be built),1993Grandis(to be built)
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During a MTB local trail race in 2016 ,a guy said about my Kona Kilaeua"You still ride that 29 years steel bike, I bet it must be heavy as brick" During that race I have over taken himany many time, after the race ended ,I went to him and said him"See with my 29 years old non carbon MTB with 26 inch wheels, I was faster than you on 27.5 inch wheels with a carbon frame"
During a road ride on a long distance in 2003, I was riding my1990 Raleigh Systeme U in Reynolds 753, one guy said to me "You still use downtube shifting? It is outdated" After we crossed the bridge,we went faster and accelerated the rythm, I had Campus Record Synchro II shifters and still have them on my Raleigh, I have outaccelerated and overtaken the guy as well as a pack of guys riding carbon and titanium framed bikes with 18 speeds whereas I was just riding a 14 speeds bike, after the ride finished I said to the guy"See downtube shifting is efficient,because I was able to overtake you and your friends with my old bike."Besides these two critics ,I never had any negative remarks.