Time to perhaps to revisit this old favourite
http://www.youtube.com/
on which a Dawes Don Juan or a Phillips Fleur de Lys or a Raleigh Super Lenton or a BSA Gold Vase or a Sun Manxman would all be entirely suitable and welcome and go together like new potatoes and mint. And way more civilised than starting a time trial on the Bath Road at 0530 hrs. on a Sunday morning.
Oh, I had forgotten that Dawes had those wacky Victorian sewing machine do-dads on their mudguards. On reflection, maybe Barrie has a point afterall...
Peter Kohler
Washington DC USA