Although my Moots has taken me some great places, the story is more about for how long it has done that. I got my steel frame Moots back in 1990. In fact, you guys did a blog about it back in Oct/Nov 2015 when I brought it up to Steamboat for a factory tour. Look it up for full details on the classic.
In 1990 we won the Vine Man Ironman, in California Wine country, as a co-ed team. Since then we have competed in and won numerous shorter Colorado team triathlons and competed in some local citizen level criterions. Last year we won the Boulder Olympic distance triathlon as a co-ed team (all of us over 50 years old). It has also seen me over Independence Pass more times than I can count, 2 Elephant Rock centuries, 2 Golden Gran Fondos , a Triple Bypass (luckily the ride and not the surgery) and thousands of miles in the hills. I plan on riding it this year for the Double Triple Bypass.
The best part is the looks I get passing people on a classic. It’s amazing; most people know what it is and how long it has been around. I have done very little to it over the years other than some re-gearing, for the tougher rides, and it is still in great shape and keeps on going. I plan on riding it forever for the classic looks, even though I do see a new Moots some time in my future when the kids are done with college and it is in our budget.
It would be interesting to see what you could do with a refurb on it, but I would probably like to keep the classic look. The Moots kit would be great to have to go with my Moots jersey and socks. If nothing else, you can be proud to have made a bike to withstand me on it for 27 years and thousands of miles.