Originally Posted by Volnix .
You really care? If you dont fit then you can:
1. Buy another bike
2. Not go riding with them /img/vbsmilies/smilies/biggrin.gif
If forced to choose, it would be option 2.
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Originally Posted by
Volnix .
What kind of steel is it? Is it the branded stuff like Reynolds and Columbus? You got a picture?
I don't know. When the sun comes up I'll try to see if it says anywhere.
needs a new front tire and that's about it for now.
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Originally Posted by
jpr95 .
Conforming to the opinion of snobs only makes you a lesser person.
I have a 1987-ish Schwinn World Sport. I rode it when I got back into cycling in 2010, now it's my trainer bike. I'm going to either make it road-ready again as a foul weather bike for myself, or I might set it up for my wife to ride if she wants to start riding a little with me once she's off some meds related to a very unexpected health problem last year.
There's nothing wrong with riding older/classic/antique bikes. Update it or don't. What you ride is your business, as long as it fits YOU and contributes to YOUR enjoyment of cycling. You'd be surprised, though--there are plenty of folks out there who appreciate older bikes. Just last fall, I went to the Indiana University fall bike auction. I was hoping to pick up some cheap bikes/parts. I had my eye on an old Schwinn Paramount--I thought I could maybe get it for $25 or even $50 at worst. Wrong. It went for I think $150, with no wheels and pretty beat up mechanicals.
Thanks for the words. I have no intention of paying hundreds or thousands of dollars for bike, if that's what you meant by conforming. At least not until I am riding sufficient miles often enough that I think such a bike would be of any benefit beyond impressing other people. I'm going to view this the same way I view wine. I like cheap wine. I actually like the wine, not just the price (but I do like the price too). But anybody who knows anything about wine, knows that I taste for swill, and they don't hesitate to judge. So do I drink expensive wine to impress them? No I just don't drink wine with anybody who knows anything about wine.
That being said, if attending a party somewhere and expected to bring wine, it would be good to know whether or not the wine that you intend to bring will be spat out. That's all I wanted to know - would the cycling community in general spit this bike out?