RIDE IT! Ride it hard! Just clean it up afterward, and don't ride into open car doors.;)
Duane Kennard <p6man@home.com>
on 12/3/00 17:15, Jon Bridges at jon@icetv.co.nz wrote:
> Here is the question which I have been pondering lately. Say you had a
> classic bicycle which had never been ridden, would you ride it or not ride it?
> How many of you guys do ride some or all of your really pristeen bikes? Are
> there some bikes you would ride, some you would keep nice?
>
> The reason I ask is that I am just about to finish making up my first classic
> bike - Colnago Mexico 1982 with Super Record. It is all NOS, so it has never
> been ridden, and I am really divided between keeping it perfectly mint, or
> taking it for the occassional ride. I am certainly not planning to sell it
> ever, but it seems odd taking all this stuff out of the boxes and sitting on
> it on a dirty road!
>
> I guess there is the 'made to be ridden' school and the 'preserve history'
> school. Any comments would be appreciated.
>
> Jon Bridges. Auckland, New Zealand.