Originally Posted by
davester
Seriously? Greg LeMond and I were both using an Avocet bike computer in 1984, 41 years ago. If that isn't vintage then I don't know what is. Seriously though, I only have one bike with a bike computer (an '86 Avocet that's had a dead battery for the last 5 years or so) and the only computer I use is the iPhone in my jersey pocket.
I have no lines in the sand. One man's (or woman's) modern is another man/woman's vintage, and a few years from now Di2 will be considered vintage. I even have a 25 year old mountain bike with shock absorbers. Anybody want to tell me that's not vintage?
My philosophy used to be to keep a bike as simple, universal, and on-roadside-repairable as possible, so it used to be clipless pedals, then STI/Ergo Shifters, then carbon frames, full suspension mountainbikes, then aero and integrated framesets. Currently, it would be electronic/wireless shifting. I've broken all the older ones sooner or later, of course; so it is hard to rule anything out. I can say i will keep on drawing the line on thigh high socks.