I've got an ongoing Raleigh, and although I could modernise it I choose not to. If I want modern, I'll buy modern.
As for durability, with only moderate mantainance, old European bicycles from the major manufacturers are the sort of thing the cockroaches will ride after a nuclear war.
As for durability, with only moderate mantainance, old European bicycles from the major manufacturers are the sort of thing the cockroaches will ride after a nuclear war.