Has Anything Else Changed Less Than a Bicycle?

I would say, to quote Joni Mitchell, “Something’s lost, but something’s gained in living every day.”

Cars: New ones are not nearly as much fun to drive, but their exhaust pipes are much easier to pedal behind than the so-called “classics.” Cough, cough….They are also much more rust proof.

Toilets: Not as good as the old ones, but they save water, and the new ones have (recently) gotten better.

Footwear: Definitely worse. And uglier, too. Especially “athletic” shoes, formerly “sneakers” or “tennis” shoes. Long live the Converse “Jack Purcell”!!

Bicycles: We only sell steel bikes. Definitely superior/safer than carbon.

Frying pans: We still have the one Darby got from her Memphis-born mom long ago, and let me tell you, it’s great!

Telephones: I’d gladly go back to rotary IF the rest of the world would, too. I had one as late as the mid-90s, and those “menus” on the other end of the line proved insurmountable.