The bike I ride most often is a ladies framed '73 Raleigh Sports with Wald's largest "Newsboy" backets on the back. The perfect errand bike. Jane has a similarly equipped '73 Schwinn Breeze. For longer rides I have a '73 man's frame Sports, fitted with modern alloy components and an S5 hub.
Originally Posted by well biked
Aluminum just doesn't lend itself to the timelessness that a well cared for steel bike does, particularly because of the properties of the material.
I know a couple of very high milage guys who often tour together. They can tell which people really understand bikes. Those are the ones more impressed that Tom has 60,000 loaded touring miles on his Crack-n-fail (Cannondale) than that Dave has 120,000 on his '74 Holdsworth.