Vintage versus modern bikes - a scientific comparison

It kinda bugs me that people associate steel with old. There are some fecking brilliant modern steel bikes out there. As there are carbon, titanium and aluminium.

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modern oversize steel is totally differnt to 531 pre war tecnology tubests and the added weight of lugs.
shit old bikes were shit when new and age doesn't make them better.
if it was high quality then it's probably still a good ride today.
bigger steerer tubes, ahead stems and better materials have resulted in better bikes.
not forgetting the component advances too. the external BB was a massive improvement over square taper.