I love reading this thread on sundays. Whether it's art deco glass, lights/speedometers, pristine bikes or rust buckets, a wooden crate that once held bike parts, yard sale scores, or junk yard\curb trash saves, it's all good.
We Cabers are just as much archeologists as those who explore the great pyramids.........we are preserving our past and it costs a lot less than a trip to Egypt.
We have found that many of the old ways were and still are better and that examining our past thru our "finds" makes us appreciate those who came before, and the challenges we face in a throwaway world.
Some people fly around in jets, live in10--15 room mansions, and tell us we need to do more about global warming (sic) while we as a community of cyclists preserve our history, recreate and travel on a machine that is pollution free, and recycle almost everything.
I'm proud to be a member of this community!