The experimental mindset and grit you needed back then to get your bike home in rideable condition would be hard to understand to a newer rider. I'd take a modern bike over any bike I had between 1990 and 2010.
But I much preferred the culture during those years. A small but dedicated army of misfits and seekers willing to go out into the woods and do weird stuff because it seemed like a good idea, not because it was marketed to them. They paved the way for the culture of joiners we have today.
Oct. 22, 2021, 8:45 a.m. - Cr4w
The experimental mindset and grit you needed back then to get your bike home in rideable condition would be hard to understand to a newer rider. I'd take a modern bike over any bike I had between 1990 and 2010. But I much preferred the culture during those years. A small but dedicated army of misfits and seekers willing to go out into the woods and do weird stuff because it seemed like a good idea, not because it was marketed to them. They paved the way for the culture of joiners we have today.