This is my view of recent history, thru the biased eyes and brain of a vintage 10-speed enthusiast: A certain group of young, coffee loving, facial hair wearing, twenty somethings, started modifying vintage 10-speed bicycles to single speed bicycles. The single speed bicycle become a touchstone in their perception of what set their culture apart from others, along with plaid shirts, pickles, facial piercings, and typewriters... it flamed new interests into vintage 10-speed bicycles. It created a market for all things 10-speed and steel. Eventually, as is the way with all fads, manufacturers took notice, and filled the market with something they could make money on, and to the eyes of most wannabes, a bicycle that fit the look, that was close enough. All the look with none of the hassles that come from old things. Fads, cultures, trends, priorities... they all shall pass. Then, now, and always. And thus, vintage steel bicycle frames, breathed their last air of popularity.