Originally Posted by
Bikedued
..... Buy, love, destroy, is the name I have come up with for this syndrome.
Years ago... a friend named Jake would buy very expense equipment and tools.... and then misuse or otherwise damage or ruin it. We called this
Jakerized.
Everyone... makes everything their own... a reflection of their own personality. For some of us we desire the catalog image of perfection. My bicycles [with the exception of the saddle bags] look very much as they did when sold. I touch-up any nicks or chips and keep my bikes spotlessly clean. That is just me... it isn't the right [or correct] way to treat a bicycle.
It isn't a bad thing to preserve our heritage.... and that can include classic old bicycles. Some would say we have an actual obligation to preserve what our fathers have made. Fortunately there are LOTS of old bicycles out there (
and they are yours to naturally inherit). I wouldn't risk a friendship over a couple old bikes. He is just being himself.