my bicycle friend Tad just went through a great resolution with his wife about bicycles.
He's currently working on a Mussolini-era Umberto Dei - and will do whatever it takes to get out on this bike - in the proper condition.
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/1940- ... ad.123801/He travels in a truck representing his company (Caterpillar) all around the country. The free time he has in every city, he shops for antique bicycles and parts. She's at home.
When he got back last trip, she put her foot down - no more bikes - he had one in the truck.
He decided he wouldn't be able to restore it to his bottom-line perfectionism, so he parted it out and made more money on just a couple of parts than he spent.
It clicked with her, and now she's working at home learning and handling the parts ebay, and has restored his freedom to bring more bikes, to keep her going in the turning business.
He and I take a different tack - I would rather have my 1957 Raleigh functioning with new bikes while still looking the part - it doesn't have to be catalog-perfect for me. I would rather have it on modern wheels so I can use modern tires, and with my custom-designed gears so I can climb any grade in the TX hill country. I built my '57 from bare frame entirely bolt-on, without altering the original frame in any way, which meant starting with having custom hubs built.
https://thecabe.com/forum/threads/what- ... ost-839313