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Old 07-28-20, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by The Golden Boy
Exactly.

Not that Eroica is my sort of thing exactly- but I take it as an event to celebrate 'doing it the old fashioned way.' And it seems it's got to have people that want to be included, but don't want to deal with the discomfort of actually 'doing it the old fashioned way,' then complain (loudly) that the tyrannical organizers won't allow things that don't fall under the original concept and rules... And even when the original rules and concept is tweaked to accommodate people- then there's people that need to covertly try to sneak in modern stuff...
Just moved an ‘86 Miyata 710, came with aero brake levers, it would “pass” for Eroica, but If I were going to play, I’d run something more in the spirit. Aero’s at Eroica is like going to the Renn Fair in a poet shirt, jeans, and a sword. If you’re going to do it, put a LITTLE effort into it! 😆😆😆


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