Sammyboy

I have quite a few bikes, but make no mistake - most of what I turn up in the Catch of the Day thread is sold on. Currently, I've a 50's Cantiflex HR Bates, a 70's Falcon Westminster, and 80's Nigel Dean frame that I'm building up fixed, an 80's Gazelle Trim Trophy, an 80's Raleigh Royal tourer (my workhorse), and a 90's EG Bates Track bike. I've been thinking about what I would buy in a second, and what I'd be tempted by.

Definites:

These are the bikes I'd buy on sight

A Coventry Eagle Kermesse - this was my first proper road bike, from 83. 531, Gippieme groupset, Rigida 700 x 21 rims. Not a truly great bike, but mine was stolen, and I'd really like one again!

A 70's Clements. These were not, I believe, Ernie Clements bikes, but built by his brother. I had one, it got left somewhere, and before I could pick it up (years later), it got thrown in the skip. Boo!

A Rotrax. They're my local builder, only recently shut down. I'd like either a full on roadie, or a track bike, with the most outrageous lugs imagineable. It should be a 60's one too, since I have nothing from that decade.

A Raleigh Record Sprint. This doesn't fit at all - it's not from a small handbuilder, it's not even top end for a Raleigh. They were 501 framed, mid range components, BUT, they were all black and gold, and I lusted after one when I was a kid. They still look good now. Maybe partnered with a Raleigh Super Burner (gold chrome frame, with black or gold everything else!)?

Nice to Have:

These are things I'd have trouble resisting, but I might try

A real 50's Ernie Clements, from his little shop pre Falcon. I've seen one, and it was gorgeous, but I restisted dropping £300 on it!

A Gitane Tour De France, or a Gitane Track - sweet

A top end Mercier, like the pink one that's in that bicycle museum. Saw one in a book when I was a lad, and wanted one ever since.

An Ephgrave - gorgeous.

Sammyboy

Dammit, a lot of these are things I've lusted after since I was 13 aren't they? Adult wish fulfillment?

Rabid Koala

I'd like an early sixties Schwinn Superior, and maybe a pristine early Lambert that still has the Death Fork. No, I wouldn't ride it with the Death Fork.

wahoonc

Right now I am on the search for about anything affordable with internal gears made in Nottingham, preferable 1970 or earlier The bad part is I want/need 23" frame size. And they are much harder to come by than the 19" and 21". I keep seeing these guys with Raleigh Supurbes that look like they just came off the LBS floor, that they picked up at a garage sale for $50...where the H*LL are those? I spent the entire day yesterday on a thrift store/yard sale run and didn't score a single thing. One guy had some Schwinns but he wanted a minium of $75 a piece and most of them weren't worth $30 (rusty, dry rotted tires, bent rims, torn seats, etc) Most of what I have been seeing are the Wallymart Next line stuff for $25...

Aaron

Grand Bois

A Schwinn Volare. A Japanese-built 531 db frame with fancy chrome lugs and full Dura-Ace. Much more rare than a Paramount.

Lewis72

I get where you're coming from with the Record Sprint. The black & gold comination looked great. Possibly helped in the '80s by the prominence of the JPS Lotus F1 car in a similar colour scheme. From about 1985 Raleigh did a Team Replica frame (white with blue, red & yellow) but with the white replaced with chrome. That looked amazing. Perhaps the only way to get that now would be to get a Raleigh 531 frame and do the rest yourself.

repechage

Rene Herse

Hetchins, Hellenic stayed one

'71 Colnago (before the graphics changed is the reason, in Electric blue please)

but that would push the total to 30, so some would have to go to make room.

56cm or 22" ctt, is the size range if anyone has one...

Sammyboy

Oh, yes, 23.5 to 25.5 range if someone happens to have any of my wish-list hanging around....

Im Fixed

A Masi 70s

TheOtherGuy

The Crescent girl's daughter.

Sammyboy

What you don't want is the Crescent Girl's account at Victorias Secret. I never like bra's on a woman anyway......

Mhendricks

For me an early model Zeus with 531 or a 70's/80's Razesa with Columbus tubing. Spanish bikes ol'e.

TheOtherGuy

Mike, I have a mid '80s SLX Razesa for you... 54cm ctc though...

khuon

I don't know if MTBs count. I'd essentially love to have the entire collection from First Flight Bikes.

I'm a sucker for Richard Cunningham designed MTBs so I'd like another 1990 Nishiki Ariel like the one I stupidly gave away.



The 1990 Nishiki AlienACX (the bike I really wanted but couldn't afford when I bought my Ariel)



The Mantis Flying V



The bike that that inspired the Nishiki Alien series... the Mantis XCR (which I also couldn't afford)



But the one bike I've always lusted after was the very rare Mantis Screaming V



Other bikes include the 1993 Bridgestone MB-1 with the Ritchey bi-plane crown fork



1990 Ritchey Ultra or Ritchey P-21



And of course, the original Specialized Stumpjumper

divineAndbright

A old 10sp road bike that has a actual headbadge and real decals (no stickers), dont really care what brand, to replace my Bianchi.

lotek 

1968 Pogliaghi road bike. Red please
1970 Colnago Super also electric blue.
1973(?) Viscount aerospace Pro with death fork (and I will ride it)
Masi pre california
Hetchins, curly
Herse or Singer
Delcroix (I got close to one) tourer
PX10 (I really should have one) late 60's?

Now the serious can't find em's:

Bontekoe
Puka
Jabo
Joco

that about does it for me.
All you who have been reading this forum for a while
will note the lack of Zieleman in my wish list. . . yah, one is
on the way, pics to follow (should be there when I get back from Norfolk
next week).

Marty

robtown

A Raleigh Rodeo like the one I had as a 13 year old. Like this only with white pearl seat and no light.
https://www.mostlymusclebikes.com/1966rodeo3sp.jpg
https://www.mostlymusclebikes.com/1966rodeo3sp2.jpg

I rode it until the left pedal fell off the pedal axle, then rode some more.

repechage

A 70's Masi.

Quite a big choice range.

the 70's started the Masi Gran Criterium, original with unique graphics, look at the '71 Masi on auction onw on ebay by Richard Sachs. Second design graphics arrived somewhere in 1972, and continued the same for quite a while.

In late '73 Masi's came from two facilities, Carlsbad and Milano.

'74 or '75 Milan started the Prestige, in addition to the GC.

And that's just the big swash at the variations, so, to cover Masi in the 70's you need quite a few.
But one can never have too many.

cudak888 

*An all-chrome track frame with minimal decals (if I had this, I could care less about anything below!)

*An original Nottingham-made, black Raleigh Competition frame
*A post-'77, red, Raleigh Super Course with proper, forged Suntour GS dropouts (built in derailer hanger)
*An understated English roadbike frameset (an early Dave Moulton, perhaps?) suitable for a Super Record groupset
*As a substitute for a Dave Moulton, an Eddy Merckx in candy-apple red, same as the one in this picture: https://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...4&d=1160923796

And for anyone curious, my size is 23"-23.5"

-Kurt

TheOtherGuy

And here's one for you, Marty...

frameteam2003

A 1937 cro-mo tubed Dayton/huffman with 28"wood wheels.
a Pierce Kramer special
A Mead of Liverpool
An Ivel
All of which I'll never have,but on the bright side,Mike tells me the decals for the James Fothergill are back on track.After waiting a year just to see a fothergill and then getting a close up photo of the only unused badge transfer around --then back and forth with Mikes art work etc.----well just a bit more time---worth the wait.
Maybe SammyBoy will run me down a Mead of Liverpool too!!---sam

clayface

Early 80's Specialized Expedition frameset. Just like tphelps' one (beautiful, BTW):

cyclotoine

-Early to mid 90s touring frame still lugged but with thicker diameter tubes, a 25" in excellent condition.
-1960s Cinelli Super Course
-Early 70s Masi
-That 50th anniversary group de rosa that cycle art has/had for sale
-schwinn paramount track bike (or sammy boy's bates track bike)
-Brand new Richard Sachs made just for me
-an early hetchins (in my size) with curly stays for sure would make most of the above very much less significant

Mhendricks

Mike, I have a mid '80s SLX Razesa for you... 54cm ctc though...




Damn,
Seems you have both of the bikes I'm looking for. That Razesa frame is sweet looking. I'm just too big and nothing I want is ever my size.

jet sanchEz

I want my Ciocc re-painted professionally.