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