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Location: Cambridge UK
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Bikes: 1903 24 spd Sunbeam, 1927 Humber, 3 1930 Raleighs, 2 1940s Sunbeams, 2 1940s Raleighs, Rudge, 1950s Robin Hood, 1958 Claud Butler, 2 1973 Colnago Supers, Eddie Merckx, 2 1980 Holdsworth, EG Bates funny TT bike, another 6 or so 1990s bikes
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Het Volk wrote,
"But that really gets to the biggest issue, which is too many people buy bikes that actually make them want to ride less, not more."
This started in the 1970s. Folks had heavy,wide tired , suspension 'aided', upright bikes that were of limited use off-road and appalling to ride on roads. After the first summer huffing and puffing they were left in the garage to rot.
In the UK it s only over the last 5 years that 'normal' people are choosing a proper drop bar road bike as their first bike. I commute 15 miles all year round and ten years ago I would have seen nobody on a any bike mid-winter, leave alone a road bike. Now I pass dozens of folks at 0500 all the time, mostly on road bikes.