To address your question more directly Marty, there are some bikes I'd love to find and if I did would ride on rare occasions at best. For example I've kept an eye open for a true "English Racer" like the Raleigh Lenton on another thread. That bike or even better an older "Clubman" with a Sturmey Archer gear would make my year. I would ride it, but probably not much. Hang it on the wall (as if the wife would ever let THAT happen) and admire it while drinking a pint of Bass.
If I ever find a early 70s Cinelli or Masi? Yeah I'd ride those, alot.
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