The only new bikes I have ever had were a 1962 low-end Bianchi road bike and a 1971 Nishiki Competition. Road bikes of the 1960s and 1970s just look right, right right, and feel right to me, so that's what I still ride today. Because of physical coordination/development problems, I got a late start -- age 12 -- at cycling, but it has been my one preferred sport for more than a half century now. My wife and I got our first car when we were 26 years old, and we did not become a two-car family until we were 30 years old, so bicycling has always filled part of my need for transportation.
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"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." --Theodore Roosevelt
Capo: 1959 Modell Campagnolo, S/N 40324; 1960 Sieger (2), S/N 42624, 42597
Carlton: 1962 Franco Suisse, S/N K7911
Peugeot: 1970 UO-8, S/N 0010468
Bianchi: 1982 Campione d'Italia, S/N 1.M9914
Schwinn: 1988 Project KOM-10, S/N F804069