Modern bikes remind me of modern bowhunting equipment. You see all these guys in the woods claiming to love the simplicity of bowhunting, yet their bows have pulleys and lasersights and titanium arrows! How complicated can you make it when the technology was perfect a hundred years ago? Bicycles are much the same, as alot of the "advances" of the last 20 years are just gimmicks to stimulate the market.
I love steel, especially lugged steel, and I don't really mind the weight penalty. I like the design asthetics of the 60s-80s and I think road designs were a lot more practical for the everyday cyclist,(clearance for tires and fenders, braze-ons, etc.) The best thing about a bicycle is, unlike a car, any idiot can repair one, so I'm kind of skeptical about stuff like disc brakes, which really requires an lbs to service them. STI and "compact road" geometry just leave me cold. 80's really isn't considered vintage yet, so you can get an amazing level of quality for very cheap. Just my opinion, though.