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coomber":zxp4vhnq said:FluffyChicken":zxp4vhnq said:ultrazenith":zxp4vhnq said:I'm on the cusp of doing what you've just described, Coomber. Having dusted off my retro bike 2 years ago, I've had a riot in the hills around Oporto, made a lot of new friends, but have wrecked the frame and half of the components in the process. I'm now considering very seriously moving on to a modern MTB, while keeping a nice retro bike in reserve, but I fear the following:
(1) What if I enjoy riding a modern 29er so much that I can't bring myself to ride my retro ever again?
(2) What if riding modern makes me soft -either gravitating to a lower level of fitness, getting lay on technical sections, less of an upper body work out due to having suspension, etc.?
That's not actually a problem. Get the retro built up as retro and do it well like a lot of people do, keep it your hobby. Ride it at nationals or local retro meets as and when you or the group has a retroday.
It's what a lot around here do, even the younguns (20s) have bought retro bikes and are enjoying riding them. Its a different pace and not about getting 40miles of hard off road biking done in a day.
Me I just suffer retro all the time as I quite enjoy it.
Yeah, seems quite a few have now got modern but kept back a retro for meets or special occasions. Don't see an issue with that. Got to do what puts a smile on your face after all.
I've always had modern but where as I used to go out quite often on the retro bikes I now find I grab the new one all the time. As mentioned before though, this is probably as much to do with limited riding time and a loss of interest from my pals as anything else.
I've just sold my most valuable and best condition retro as it just sat in the garage looking sad. I wanted to use it but never got the chance. My collection is down to one full bike and a project now which is as small as it's been for ages. I'll keep at least one though for the occasional trip out.