Originally Posted by BluesDawg
The latest and greatest new innovations in bike materials, designs and technology may be wonderful and may make you the best rider you can be. But the bikes that were good bikes before those innovations are still good bikes after them. Don't get caught up in the marketing hype (unless that is what you enjoy).
It's still mostly about legs and lungs.
Absolutely true, which is why all of my road bikes range in age from 25 to almost 50 years. The most important component has always been the man or woman atop the saddle.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069