Originally Posted by
ScottRyder
It was a wall hanger for me, an incredible beautiful one at that. Fred Thomas, who bought the rights to all the A-D branding and graphic design is a good friend of mine. I felt that it deserved to be "back home" in the A-D headquarters in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. He's producing some amazing modern bikes and I'm happy to see the name out there again.
I usually hate the idea of a bike being a wall hanger, but it's definitely understandable with that one.
It's great that your friend who picked up the A-D banner actually cares about the brand. It's a nice contrast to the couple of companies scooping up old brands and churning out mass market bikes with them. His new A-D's look nice, but obviously very little like the 70's/80's models. I guess the same could be said of the current bikes made by brands like Pinarello, Colnago, Bianchi, etc. It would be cool if the new A-D made a "throwback" model, along the lines of the Bianchi Tipo Corsa or Eroica...maybe something with Reynolds 853 steel and one of the beautiful old A-D color schemes. Of course, I think I might still prefer my vintage A-D.