I prefer French, American, and Italian bikes, esp Italian . Keep your English.
And yes, I trust the people at Briley and JJ Perodeau far more than you. My Darne was not, in ther considerable experience, unusual at all. So it goes.
Good luck to you.
Something you probably don’t grasp, is that there is a local English bicycle club. I own American, Japanese, French and Spanish bikes (Orbea) but, you don’t get to do English bike club events on anything, but, an English bike. The club isn’t about what people prefer, it is about English consumer bicycles from about the turn of the century until the end of TI industries in the late 1980s.
Since there is comradery, and period dress, I’d guess it wouldn’t be your cup of tea.
You are an army of one complaining about regulation of Darne guns on the internet. Prove me wrong.
Best,
Ted
