What is 'retro'?

[ridevintagemtb]

I wonder if I'm the youngest at 26. Almost too young to remember what retro was...

 

[mikee]

I wonder if I'm the youngest at 26. Almost too young to remember what retro was...

awwwwnooooo yer messin wimaheedman

 

[gradeAfailure]

I am just scared to grow old , so I buy stuff which was cool when I was young .

ditto...! age, 29 and 3/4

 

[Stick Legs]

clinging to the past in an
uncertain future.

I've owned one of my retro rides from new, when I was 19.

These days, when I'm at the top of my favourite hill, riding the same bike on trails that I rode 13 years ago, I'm 19 again Brilliant.

There is a marked difference between people like me and the 'collectors' who'll pay £410 for a disc wheel. The collectors do it for the kudos, for the shiney bits and the 'look at me' factor. I do it because I was there at the start and I loved it. Riding retro bikes reminds me how much I loved it and how great it was.

Yup!