Originally Posted by
Speedway2
Those are a nightmare! Old standard bits are hard to find and service, and almost everything is steel, rusts, and is insanely heavy. They’re the kind of bikes you buy for your summer house, only ride one weekend because it’s easier to push it up the drive than pedal it, and leave in the shed for 25 years until a teenager in the next generation dusts it off and rides a couple of weekends for that finishing touch on their “summer of ‘69” before it goes back in the shed for another 25 years.