I'm content to live with just one woman for the rest of my life. And when I bought my Richard Sachs tourer in 1978, I was pretty much planning the same for it. So much so, that Barb's mother made some comment to her about putting on roller skates (her own wheels) to woo me. That tickled me to death!
I have to say it's the Sachs that floats my biking boat. No matter how nice other rides are, the Sachs was built to do the things I asked Richard for it to do, and we've been a perfect match ever since. It's the bike all others are judged against.
In thirty years, it's gone through a few iterations, but I can't seem to make it better than it is now for me (maybe that future clincher that rides like a 220 matt tread Criterium Seta). I've been stockpiling spare parts for it for years, have no intention of ever getting rid of it, unless maybe to have it get used if I could no longer ride. ... Of course I can't seem to get rid of any bikes or parts, but the Sachs is the keeper for me.
Happy trails,
Dan Artley in Parkton, Maryland
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It is so difficult to choose. It would be like choosing to live with only one woman (man) for the rest of your life. The thing that makes living with one mate as opposed to one bike is that the laws and taboos help things along. What helps the most is that your mate actually is capable of loving you in return - something that no bike, no matter how extraordinary has ever done.
I'll just stick with one mate and several bikes. My wife is of an age that she is of the on topic and classic vintage.
Garth Libre happily spinning off the miles of his life with Bianca Pratorius in Miami Fl USA (and all the women on this list will say "Oh, how thoughtful of him to say these nice things". The men will think me a terrible bore and big suck up.)