Ed,
I understand your point, but if we're to limit to the same nationality, and also to what we've actually ridden, I'd just take 5 1977 Raleigh SuperCourses. I'd have 4 of them Gold, and 1 Red - just to be a little crazy. ;-)
I'd rather have aspirations and a little more variety.
John Barry,
Mechanicsburg, PA
> These lists are fun, but they don't tend to generate
> a whole bunch of
> follow-on discussion (at least not yet). So rather
> than my list, at least for now, a
> couple of comments instead.
> 1) Unless I've missed it, no one has yet listed a
> Flying Scot as one of their
> top five. I find this truly remarkable, especially
> given the growing respect
> for and interest in the marque on this list, to say
> nothing of the inherent
> quality of the bikes. What gives?
> 2) I'm surprised more people haven't focused on a
> particular theme. I
> expected Peter to list five Hetchins, but no one
> picked five Masis, or even (again
> unless I missed it) five British bikes from the
> decade or two following WWII, or
> five American frames from the 70's (i.e. Sachs-built
> Windsor, Cali-Masi,
> Eisentraut, Della Santa, etc.) I think if I could
> own only five super bikes, I
> might focus on a particular period or marque and
> attempt to become a real expert
> in that area and work to acquire five truly classic
> examples.
>
> Ed Granger
> Lancaster, PA, USA
> (Where you're more than welcome to send any five
> Flying Scots)
>
>
>
>
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