Pretty sure we've done this before, I may have even started the thread but memory is no longer my close friend. Regardless, always worth thinking about your dream roadbike (or at least I've been thinking about mine).
My favourite cycling era in terms of professional stuff was mid 80s to early 90s. But recently I've had a real hankering after a Raleigh 753 Professional (have more than made do with a 531c Panasonic replica) and, especially, a Holdsworth Professional like the one pictured. My first road bike was a 25.25" Holdsworth Avanti in 501 and I remember proudly collecting it and riding it back from Cheltenham. In jeans and a pair of battered Nike Wimbledon. That bike saw me to lots of places and was doing well until rear ended on the Elephant and Castle roundabout early one weekday morning. A tube replaced and a respray and it was all good. Until I foolishly sold it, Super Record chainset and all, on eBay for a ton. So a Professional, although from a decade earlier, would really bring back memories. And, for me, that's what it is about.
What's your dream bike? And, importantly, why that one and not a hundred others?
My favourite cycling era in terms of professional stuff was mid 80s to early 90s. But recently I've had a real hankering after a Raleigh 753 Professional (have more than made do with a 531c Panasonic replica) and, especially, a Holdsworth Professional like the one pictured. My first road bike was a 25.25" Holdsworth Avanti in 501 and I remember proudly collecting it and riding it back from Cheltenham. In jeans and a pair of battered Nike Wimbledon. That bike saw me to lots of places and was doing well until rear ended on the Elephant and Castle roundabout early one weekday morning. A tube replaced and a respray and it was all good. Until I foolishly sold it, Super Record chainset and all, on eBay for a ton. So a Professional, although from a decade earlier, would really bring back memories. And, for me, that's what it is about.
What's your dream bike? And, importantly, why that one and not a hundred others?
The Road-virus caught me later.
