• No. If you were the kind of rider that would be able to go noticeably quicker on a modern bike, someone would be paying you to ride a bike they gave you and following you in a van every time you went for a ride.

    That would be pretty much every rider here ... Any Componentry Pre - 1999 which especially if it is geared is complete crap in terms of performance compared to modern mid range stuff of today.

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