pete_mcc":33b1h4dn said:
jamabikes":33b1h4dn said:
It's the fact that retro biking is moving away from the joy of riding old bikes.
When was retro-biking about the joy of riding old bikes? Retro-biking is about old bikes period.
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Um, in a thread, quite recently, you said:-
pete_mcc":33b1h4dn said:
The grass roots of an obsession is the feeling you got when out riding, not the bike you were using when you did it
and:-
pete_mcc":33b1h4dn said:
This doesn't mean that I don't get joy out of retro bikes as I obviously do. Bikes are not the cause of the joy, they are just the conduit
Sometimes I'm not sure I get you, Pete - you argue with me quite strongly saying one thing, one minute, then appear to be saying almost the polar opposite another.
When people are talking about "It's all about the bike" and that bike being their first proper mtb - but when that first proper mtb doesn't suit, then it's apparently all about the memories - but when somebody else who doesn't get the stratospheric price tag of some old bike(s) - then it's not about the riding and the memories, it's all about the bike again?
I'm sure there's some elaborate, contrived, or pedantic explanation of it all, but to me, it seems to be all about cake and eating it. Truth be told, what's the point of cake if you can't eat it.
pete_mcc":33b1h4dn said:
In short your belief is a logical self-fulfilling prophecy - the more you love riding old bikes the more it will cost you to ride old bikes so the less you will be able to ride old bikes.
That assumes all things are equal. My "old" bikes I still expect to be able to ride them in another 20 years time. True, some of the mechanicals and wear and tear parts may well need replacing, but - and I'm not describing Trigger's broom here - I'd expect things like the frame and forks to still be just peachy.
Now I'd prefer to run them with kit that's from the era they hail from - but I'll not mourn the passing of affordability in period correct parts - I'll just move on to whatever works - well that and maybe keep the odd bike pretty low-use and of
that time, but have the odd scratch / hack bike that has parts that if budget necessitates, move with the times.