Just a fossil browsing once in a great while; I mostly enjoy the c&v drop-bar road bike posts.
I used to trash-pick too many of all kinds to remember, fix/unload at bike swaps; donated some.

Even though they're all at-or-near-entry-level, and not ridden all that much lately, it's difficult for
me to let go of decent now-old bikes I have bought/repaired, so they tend to accumulate. Okay,
I guess I'm hoarding. There, I SAID it; happy now? It's cheaper than owning one new madone.
1983 Miyata 100 25", bought new in 1984, rides like a boat.
1988 Cannondale SR300 23", bought new, still nice; as harsh as they say, but nimble and FAST.
1993 Trek 820, bought new, still looks new, added fenders, rack.
1983? Huffy Concours Professional 23", wheel-less trash-picked beater, rebuilt decades ago. It's
an odd lugged-steel Huffy, though, maybe a Motobecane frame?; pretty much a frankenbike.

Recent freebies that were supposed to be parts bikes, but I'm too resourceful for my own good:
1985? Trek 600 24", top tube rusted pretty bad but not through, rebuilt it, hope it won't collapse.
1987? Schwinn High Plains, pretty beat up, but a solid, lugged-frame.

Recent CL buys:
1987? Miyata Path Winder, $80, weathered & worn, but solid and a nearly complete original.
1984 Schwinn World Sport, "parts bike" $50, sat outside. I rebuilt the front wheel, good rider.
1997? GT Talera, a reluctant $20 bonus w/ the WS, solid bike; has a used 6-speed freewheel hub
and really should have a 7-speed cassette hub, but I'm waiting for a cheap wheel to pop up.

Finally, after I dropped about 25-30 lbs. last year, it was about time to own a newer road bike
that combined many "recent" advancements, even if only to get some first-hand knowledge about
brifters, cassettes and threadless steerers. So, my recent capitulation to the 21st century and the
last bike I expect to buy (the last 'new' one since 1993, anyway):
2008 Bianchi Volpe 61cm, a brand-new-two-year-old, half-price triple-ring leftover in my size which
I just couldn't pass up. I don't know if the bike shop was happier to see it out the door, or me.
Relatively short chainstays and cantilever brakes apparently classifies it as a "cyclocross". Whatever.
Normally, I stay away from European, but it has Asian components, and a (welded) steel frame.
Very similar to the Novara Randonee I was eyeing, but was recently dropped from REI's lineup.

Not really into European, any cruiser/townies, or bmx, and don't try to understand fixed/ss, either.
Too many odd parts and incompatibility. Not into epoxied/carbon-fiber, either: the only failure
mode is way too unpredictable/dramatic/painful/expensive (in that order). Wait, you want ME to
pay YOU money, to have the privilege to be YOUR extended-fatigue-life-endurance test-pilot?
I really don't think so.

Welcome

Welcome to Bike Forums young man (I'm 65).
Stop by the 50+ forum and say hello to the "old timers".