Douglas R. Brooks wrote:
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(SNIP)
> I'm wondering if that makes the least bit of sense: why I think "new"
> tourers are so darn unappealing and race bikes (I confess to having
> more than one) I can enjoy in vintage or modern terms (but prefer
> vintage, friction, etc.)
The short answer is that you are old (I can say that Douglas, knowing that I'm older than you ;)
We all have completely different opinions when we're young and know _everything_!
Chuck "don't want to be _that_ young ever again" Schmidt South Pasadena, California