It's not that I don't like the bike, it's usable enough and looks the part and they are a good bike to learn how to tinker with, just don't go spending lot's of cash on it is all.
What I don't like is someone leading you up the garden path claiming you have some historical and moral duty to preserve a mass produced bike as it was to the letter of the brochure, bikes like that were meant to be used and abused and they still are, change what you like to make it usable and don't get all misty eyed about it.
I ride a steel fixed gear, it was built to be used as one, it has track ends and a hanger for gears giving you a choice, it's 531, it's lugged, I use original period kit on it as far as possible. The chap who hand built it is in his 80's and used to build for Henry Burton of Stafford, he still rides and you know what his current bike is? It's a carbon one, he uses his old steel frame as a hack bike. Time moves on, save what needs saving but don't get all preachy about kit that simply has no significance. Sorry if the thread wandered but the downright nasty and dismissive tone of the other contributor had to be challenged.