I have 4 favorites from across the globe:
Japan
Nagasawa Strada Special {Purchased after Sanders bought the Sachs.. we both won on that deal}
Italy
Tommasini {IMHO...the most underated builder in the world}
United States
Twin mid '80s Richard Sachs Signatures.{One with Super Record and the other with Shimano 9 speed gear}
All of the above meet my aesthetic for uncomplicated Italian style and very stable road manners.
Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga.
-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Apr 25, 2006 3:25 PM
>To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: [CR]If one had to have only one road bike
>
>John Jorgenson wrote "Everyone probably has that ONE bike, are still
>searching for it, or scouting to recapture a sister of it." and then he
>wonders what others would select. Fortunately most of us don't have to have
>only one...thank goodness bikes are relatively inexpensive...even world
>class ones.
>I am fortunate enough that Nick Zatezalo years ago sold me my all time dream
>bike and I still have it. When I die, you folks can pry my cold dead
>fingers from my Richard Sachs 25 Ann. Reproduction. It just seems to me to
>ride and handle better than any other bike I have ever found and provide a
>level of comfort and speed I can achieve on no other bike. It is also eye
>candy, a real consideration for one as shallow as myself. Thank you Nick.
>Now given the fact that I have maintained that one can have more than
>one...my trusty old '81 Peter Mooney rests securely in 2nd place. Until the
>last month this was the least expensive bike I have bought in years.
>Sometimes after a long ride on it my face aches from smiling so much. It
>doesn't get much better than that.
>These two bikes mark both the most expensive and the least expensive of the
>many bikes that have went through my hands in recent years. How odd that
>they should both be right at the top of my riding enjoyment. I have other
>bikes that I dearly love, but when a long ride beckons...these are that two
>that I will just about always reach for. Obviously, it is not about how
>much money you spend on that elusive bike of one's dreams.
>Tom Sanders
>Lansing, Mi