What are the top 2 bikes on your bucket list?
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Freqman1
Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
It's not Sky Blue!
The Cinelli is way more available. I opted for an early Windsor Pro and it still took five years of waiting to find one in my size.
Give it twenty years and you may find one.
Freqman1
Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
Not something I would hunt!
SirMike1983
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
Something I learned is that "bucket list" bikes are generally not all they are made out to be. I eventually owned several of the bikes that were on my "bucket list", so to speak, and none of them turned out to be the game-changer I thought they would be. These included fully-loaded English roadsters, high level Cr-Mo Schwinn road bikes, complete and original pre-WWII bikes, pre-WWII rod brake roadsters, vintage club bikes with 531 tubing and dural parts, etc.
I've found the bikes I am most attached to have sentimental reasons (my grandfather's bike, or the bike I rode every day in college), or were unexpectedly good (a basic, 1947 3 speed Schwinn that is a lot of fun to ride) but never on any bucket list.
My experience is that what you're really looking for is not so much in any "bucket list bike", it's something inside of yourself that is brought out by a bike that you just enjoy riding, and that may not be on any list. Often, success takes the unexpected form.
I've found the bikes I am most attached to have sentimental reasons (my grandfather's bike, or the bike I rode every day in college), or were unexpectedly good (a basic, 1947 3 speed Schwinn that is a lot of fun to ride) but never on any bucket list.
My experience is that what you're really looking for is not so much in any "bucket list bike", it's something inside of yourself that is brought out by a bike that you just enjoy riding, and that may not be on any list. Often, success takes the unexpected form.
Andrew Gorman
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
More or less unobtainable, my top two are a Telegram front drive safety and a J-rad recumbent-like lever driven machine:
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I have peculiar tastes...
Telegram High Wheel Safety Bicycle - Dec 01, 2012 | Copake Auction Inc. in NY | Bicycle, Antique bicycles, Vintage bicycles
Apr 13, 2014 - C. 1892 Telegram, patented by Frank H. Bolte, made by Sercombe-Bolte, Mfg Co. Milwaukee, WI. Front wheel driven, 30" ... on Dec 01, 2012
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Lot 463 - 1922 J-Rad 'Alemania' Lever Driven Bicycle.
Lot 463 - 1922 J-Rad 'Alemania' Lever Driven Bicycle.
I have peculiar tastes...
dnc1
Cruisin' on my Bluebird
Vive la difference!More or less unobtainable, my top two are a Telegram front drive safety and a J-rad recumbent-like lever driven machine:
Telegram High Wheel Safety Bicycle - Dec 01, 2012 | Copake Auction Inc. in NY | Bicycle, Antique bicycles, Vintage bicycles
Apr 13, 2014 - C. 1892 Telegram, patented by Frank H. Bolte, made by Sercombe-Bolte, Mfg Co. Milwaukee, WI. Front wheel driven, 30" ... on Dec 01, 2012
Lot 463 - 1922 J-Rad 'Alemania' Lever Driven Bicycle.
Lot 463 - 1922 J-Rad 'Alemania' Lever Driven Bicycle.
I have peculiar tastes...
Going back to my post in this thread.....
...just over a week ago I had a little tour of a collection of vintage racing bikes, mainly track and time-trial from the 40's to 90's era.
Casually leaning against the wall/resting on the floor was a dusty, forgotten piece of history.
I was allowed to pick it up and take a closer look.
I had in my hands the frame and forks of one of Mike Burrows' pre-Lotus '108' prototypes.
I admired it for a while, then carefully replaced it.
Wonderful to see, sadly not for sale.
I went away a happier man nonetheless, just knowing that it still exists.
Skiroule69
Look Ma, No Hands!
I'd love to find (and afford) a mint Schwinn Predator just like the one I had as a kid. I still have the bike, but due to modifications done before I got it back, it's no longer in original condition.
I've also always wanted a bike truck.
I've also always wanted a bike truck.
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