It's bikes like this that produce the same thrill as that of a gold miner looking for a new vein (mother lode) of ore.
I am reminded of my trip to Paris in 2004, where I photographed many odd bicycles parked on the streets. On the CR list they started talking about (I think) Constrictor brakes and I had just photographed some outside a thrift shop the day before.
It was a feeling like I was a coin collector magically transported back to 1957, allowing me to rummage through my change at any given store in any given day, with a good chance that I'd find a shiny brilliant uncirculated 'missing link' coin to complete a valuable colletion of mine ...
- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA