It's an oldie, and a toughie, but ok, so if there had to be just one...JUST ONE retrobike that sums it all up. One bike that encapsulates all that is retrobike and retrobiking and mountain biking in it's heyday, what would that bike be?
Don't just jump in there with your fave's, think about the context, their impact at the time, think deeper than lust, but at the soul, the language they talked, the conventions they fought against?
Put those pre-conceived ideas, those personal preferences and fond memories aside and be objective. Weigh up things like the Kleins of old and their fat alu tubes being different and a new thing at the time, the Pace's that blew us all away with their mix of uber engineering and oh so stylish design with a hit of funk in that fluro yello on georgeous subtle grey. Or those Fats with their total American-ness and fun confident graphics and their exquisite frame builds? Or those...........
I don't know, I'll have to have a think. Maybe the 1990 Klein Attitude? So Iconic, so exotic hanging there on On Your Bike's wall in Brighton in 1990, so out of reach. A bit obvious maybe? But that's ok if it fit's the bill.
Over to you...
Don't just jump in there with your fave's, think about the context, their impact at the time, think deeper than lust, but at the soul, the language they talked, the conventions they fought against?
Put those pre-conceived ideas, those personal preferences and fond memories aside and be objective. Weigh up things like the Kleins of old and their fat alu tubes being different and a new thing at the time, the Pace's that blew us all away with their mix of uber engineering and oh so stylish design with a hit of funk in that fluro yello on georgeous subtle grey. Or those Fats with their total American-ness and fun confident graphics and their exquisite frame builds? Or those...........
I don't know, I'll have to have a think. Maybe the 1990 Klein Attitude? So Iconic, so exotic hanging there on On Your Bike's wall in Brighton in 1990, so out of reach. A bit obvious maybe? But that's ok if it fit's the bill.
Over to you...