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Old 03-22-17, 01:05 PM
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Technology intruding in your vintage

This is 2017... 30 years ago it was 1987, the cutoff for L'Eroica bikes. But 20 years ago it was 1997. What a decade of change! Not just in which companies survived, but in what they made.

I thought of this today because I espied a 1997 S-works MTB on my local Craigslist. It's a mountain bike that has a metal matrix composite frame, threadless headset, Answer Manitou fork, XTR derailleurs, clipless pedals, V-brakes, and 24-speed trigger shifting. Basically it's moving into the vintage of MTB that is unsuitable for a drop bar or touring conversion with road parts, and insists on being a MTB foremost. About the only "C&V" thing remaining is the square taper BB.
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I know bike computers were there in the vintage world but I don't use them. Not even considering the wireless units available now.

Maybe one day...
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[QUOTE=Darth Lefty;19460150]This is 2017... 30 years ago it was 1987, the cutoff for L'Eroica bikes. But 20 years ago it was 1997. What a decade of change! Not just in which companies survived, but in what they made.

I have a similar vintage stumpjumper team bike setup with 1x9 xt and 2.1 hutchinson cobra tires. It's 23lbs with absolutely nothing special and rides really well.

The best deals on 2 wheels right now are top flite 26er hardtails. My specialized team frame with fork was $50 cdn, rocky Mountain hammer disc frame was 40, and a nos titanium tomac frame was150.
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We all remember the year 2027 when riderless bicycles were first brought on to the market. It'll never take off we said but yet 20 years on they are commonplace on the morning commute, some rec riders haven't upgraded but they are the exception now.
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[QUOTE=dunrobin;19460505]
Originally Posted by Darth Lefty
... The best deals on 2 wheels right now are top flite 26er hardtails. ...
Yup -- love my Schwinn (see signature).
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Originally Posted by 3speedslow
I know bike computers were there in the vintage world but I don't use them. Not even considering the wireless units available now.

Maybe one day...
In 1974 one of my coworkers had an analog tach/speedo display which resembled a stereo set of Volume Unit (VU) meters on an old tape deck. I have never encountered another one.
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Yes the technology curve was very steep in that decade. I often think '84 to '94 where you went from almost exclusively downtube friction shifting to indexed and integrated Ergo/SIS shifting. We also saw competition frame material go from primarily steel, to aluminum, and quickly to carbon fiber.
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Originally Posted by dunrobin
The best deals on 2 wheels right now are top flite 26er hardtails. My specialized team frame with fork was $50 cdn, rocky Mountain hammer disc frame was 40, and a nos titanium tomac frame was150.
Yeah... but the one I'm looking at, the seller has swapped out the sweet top model Manitou, for a Judy so old it has the canti bridge
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Originally Posted by John E
In 1974 one of my coworkers had an analog tach/speedo display which resembled a stereo set of Volume Unit (VU) meters on an old tape deck. I have never encountered another one.
I would like to see that.

A nixie tube display cyclometer would be very vintage cool. I'd really like to see that. If I was a real hipster I'd make one.

BITD when I was 14 I had an IKU. Shortly thereafter I had the first gen Cateye cyclometer. Avocet had one first. Those things go back farther than people realize.
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I had a Peugeot Sport Computer for several years, until the wheel pickup stopped working. Now I use a Garmin 200, chosen because it is small and easy to swap between bikes to track my mileage.

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Originally Posted by Vintage Raleigh
We all remember the year 2027 when riderless bicycles were first brought on to the market. It'll never take off we said but yet 20 years on they are commonplace on the morning commute, some rec riders haven't upgraded but they are the exception now.
2027? Ha! A friend sent me this video yesterday. The time is now! 2017. Make certain you watch to the end.

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Dystopia has arrived

Yes I watched to the end, I really hope that this is the end of line of thought

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@Darth Lefty, A good friend had that same bike, but after awhile he just didn't like it. I don't know why because there wasn't anything I could find not to like.

There certainly was a technology boom between '87 and '97 for mountain bikes in the upper tier models. Most were actual improvements of the breed, perhaps primarily WRT the suspension forks. I can't think of any other bicycle niche that evolved (improved?) so much in a short period of time as mountain bikes during that decade.

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Originally Posted by pastorbobnlnh
2027? Ha! A friend sent me this video yesterday. The time is now! 2017. Make certain you watch to the end.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LSZPNwZex9s
That's very funny, had me fooled because it seems inevitable!
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A few years ago I rode my De Rosa with DT shifters on a group ride. At a rest stop, one guy was closely eyeing my bike and I was feeling so proud of my beauty. Finally, he said "How do you change gears?".
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