A couple of years ago I decided to limit my collection to about 20 bikes, all "on-topic" and all of which I ride regularly. There's a small group of vintage bike enthusiasts here in Vancouver and we get together once or twice a week for rides if it's not raining. If I find that a certain bike is not getting ridden much, I generally end up replacing it. I'm trying to gradually improve my collection with older, rarer and more special bikes. How a bike feels when I ride it is a big part of how much I want to keep it. Here is my collection, very roughly in order of how much I like riding them:
78 Colnago Mexico 78 Raleigh 753 Team Pro 67 Frejus 78 Gazelle 753 Champion Mondial 71 Bob Jackson 79 Davidson 79 TS Isaac 73 Davidson 72 Colnago Super 55 Condor (?) 78 Gios Super Record 74 Crescent Pepita Special 72 Cinelli SC 79 Colnago Export 83 Bianchi Specialissima 74 Windsor Profesional 61 Legnano Roma Olimpiade 64 Bianchi Specialissima
Winter projects to be ridden soon: 75 Masi (US) 75 Zeus Competition 48 Baines Eccolite 48 Benotto Cambio Corsa
Unfortunately, as you can see, the count has crept up to 22. The problem is, it's getting harder and harder to pick the next one to sell.
Brian Samson Vancouver, BC, Canada
On 2-Feb-11, at 8:46 AM, Dick Mckee wrote:
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> Good morning all. I enjoyed and learned a lot about vintage bikes by
> reading the groups posts. Its fascinating reading about the vintage
> bikes and equipment that are being restored, but it got me
> wondering. How many ride on a regular basis what do you ride? Do
> you ride, do I dare use the word, a carbon bike, or are you on a
> metal bike? Where and how often do you ride?