multimodal commuter
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...
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It's a maintenance issue. Poorly maintained old bike parts are sucky, and poorly maintained new ones are also sucky.
There's also a quality issue. Most old bike parts, just like most new bike parts, are sucky because they are low quality.
And some of them are just worn out. They weren't sucky when they were new, but they can't be old and new at the same time.