> If you only and I mean only had 5 (count em) bikes to collect what would they be. In order of importance please!!!!
In descending order:
Made-to-measure Toei "commuting" bike (with contemporary components).
My '68 Masi Special (would swap for an earlier longpoint-lugged model)
late 50's/early 60's Bianchi
Hurlow/Condor
Carsbad Masi (twin plate crown)
I resisted the use of desireability or collectability to determine their order. While there are other bikes on the list more rare, expensive or lusted-after (by me) than the Toei, I put that one at the top because it is the one that I would certainly be riding the most... and riding is what they are really all about, eh?
If it is true what I have heard, that the real joy of collecting is in searching rather than possessing, then I must be truly blessed since at present I have only one of the bikes on this list.
Bob Hovey
Columbus, GA