At last, someone has asked the right question. I have, on purpose, found, built and ridden hundreds of pretty decent old road bicycles, comparing each to all, and hoping to see which ones float to the top.

Needless to say, some did float to the top, when ride quality was the issue. But when user friendliness became the concern, the oldies are definitely not the goldies.

Though I have never been lucky enough to own, or even ride, a high end carbon fibre bike, fitted with top of the line components, I a willing to bet that the ride would be awesome, and I use that term literally. To that guess add an element of honest observation - nothing rides as nice as my 2000 Marinoni Squadra, or perhaps I should say, I like riding it more than any other bicycle in my fleet.


Collectible bikes have their own value and cannot be compared to newer technologies, in my humble, or not so humble, opinion. Though I never did get a chance to ride my Automoto, I loved the bike and its wonderfully vintage mechanical nature. But it might have been a betch on a hill, up or down:-(


By the way, what it a Troll?