At 11:27 AM 4/18/2001 -0700, Tom Dalton wrote in part:
>Modern cars, like modern bikes, are simply much better
>for the vast majority of end users. Fringe group
>fanatics like ourselves and the street-rod set are not
>unwarranted in their nostalgia and for them the old
>stuff may actually better meet their needs. However,
>this is only because we are willing to suffer the many
>drawbacks of old products to gain some benefits that
>would be totally lost on most of the population.
I have to disagree with this.
I really think bike component technology peaked in 1984 or so. I don't think moder 10 cog clusters are better. I don't find modern brakes an advance. Most of the changes seems like marketing. I like my Merlin, but I think it would be just as fast built up with a Spidel gruppo or 50th Anniversary gruppo as with modern components.
Regards,
John Taglia
Sunny and mid 40's in Chicago