Originally Posted by
miamijim
Most sought? After reading thse pages for years its clearly:
Peugeot PX10 or Schwinn Paramount.
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Most sought after is entirely different than most valuable or most unique.
I separate bikes into five groups;
1) Mass market
2) Distinctive (Cyclocross, Mixte, Touring, some Mountain bikes..., etc)
3) Iconic (top of the line from a volume builder)
4) Exotic from a master builder (handmade in smaller production volumes of very high quality)
5) Historically significant
Most sought after bikes are Iconic. Usually these are top of the line models that were sold in volume but were also successful racing machines. The Schwinn Paramount, Peugeot PX 10, and the various top models from Raleigh and Bianchi come to mind. These large volume producers made very good bikes and thousands of examples exist.