Old stuff worked for us back in the day, but new stuff works better. Kinda like driving a car with a manual choke, points, biased ply tires and having issues driving over a high pass cuz the jetting is off.
Now of course if you have no idea what I just wrote, there you go.
At the same time I still love and appreciate old cars, and bikes, but new stuff does work better. (Still have my dt shifter tourer though)
Fully agree. I don’t miss hooks and springs or hooks and bungee cords. Nor do I miss chasing the bags down hills when they come off. I don’t miss down tube shifters at all. Nor broken axles on freewheel hubs. I don’t miss panniers on off-road touring nor trailers.