In the old days, we would run to the newsagent, to read the latest mag, wondering and lusting after bicycles, each one a Unicorn until we managed it (or not).Is a Unicorn, something that's longed to be seen, been seen only in print, wondered about, pondered over, if one were to even exist...?
If so this is different for me to owning the ultimate bike, the most expensive bike, Klein, Fat chance etc, the coolest paint job, or the bike to be reported as the best riding bike ever....?
this would be a different bike for me if so...
Can the bike you never managed to be able to buy in the local bike shop window, at £249.00 be defined as a unicorn, when its not a unicorn, just a horse that's a bit far away....(cost etc etc)....? If so, this would be a different bike for me again...?
Retro bike, is a place much the same,.... Each thread, the archives, the owners, the bikes they ride. Each one holds a unicorn for someone.
Retro Bike is the field of Unicorns....!
At different moments, there have been different Unicorns, here are three that make up my journey.................So far.
Is a Unicorn, something that's longed to be seen, been seen only in print, wondered about, pondered over, if one were to even exist...?
The Unicorn.
Roberts Stratos-Elevated Chainstay-25th Anniversary.
Requiem. What do you remember of 1989.....? I asked my folks. Apparently.....George Bush Snr was elected U.S president, the Berlin wall came down, China had the Tiananmen Square massacre, different parts of the world were trying to cope with the aftermath of tornadoes and hurricanes, Ford...
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If so this is different for me to owning the ultimate bike, the most expensive bike, Klein, Fat chance etc, the coolest paint job, or the bike to be reported as the best riding bike ever....? The Rider ...Zinn.
The "IRON LADY"......Zinn.
A little tonic for the weekend. The fabled Pink Zinn, first production run, No 22 of the first 25 frames ever made, which of course started in 1989. Pre dates Z-centaur/753 model name decals and top cable rollers, and pre 753ATB of course, using the mtb specific Reynolds 531 Designer Select...
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Can the bike you never managed to be able to buy in the local bike shop window, at £249.00 be defined as a unicorn, when its not a unicorn, just a horse that's a bit far away....(cost etc etc)....? If so, this would be a different bike for me again...?
The Shop window. Muddy Fox
BotM March 2019 nominations - 30 years and older (special)
Re: Re: Survivor..... Im sure as a young Boy in the 80s, im not the only one that Harboured a dream of owing a Mountain bike. Some Stood out far more than others in the UK, and with good reason. This one, isnt Fillet Brazed, It isnt custom Built, It wasnt made in the USA, it wasnt top of...
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