Originally Posted by
PeteHski
So why care about how it looks?
But anyway, I would try to find something that can take at least modern 28c road tyres. Otherwise you will be compromising your future premium tyre choices. Limited tyre clearance is one of the major drawbacks of most older bikes.
Just because the bike isn't hanging on the wall as an art piece doesn't mean you automatically won't care about the looks.
I just personally prefer a horizontal top tube. Trying to find that era where the bikes still had horizontal top tubes but modern features (no downtube friction shifting, threadless headset, etc..)