Originally Posted by
The Golden Boy
The term "grail" comes from the Holy Grail. The supposed chalice that Jesus drank from at the last supper. There was ONE. There may have been none. But people searched for it. Supposedly people dedicated and spent their lives searching for it.
To that end- a "grail bike" should be that white whale. Otherwise, what is an outrageously rare bike that you strive for years to find and acquire?
The thing about 'us all having our definitions' is that words mean things. If you dumb down a word, it no longer means what its supposed to mean.
This. By nature...unless you spend every day tracking down a particular bike, it isn't truly comparable to a Grail...but it has to mean more than a bike you can easily find within a year on eBay.
I don't really have a Grail...there are a lot of great bikes out there...great for different reasons. Some are more interesting to me than others, and some are harder to find, or more costly. I have a bike that rides about as well as a bike is ever going to ride for me, and that's a good feeling.
I have a particular bike I've dreamed of owning for 6-7 years now coming to me in a week. I'm very excited and I've been fantasizing about riding it since I first saw it in his garage. As much as I'm excited, it's still not a Grail...just a bike I really like and have wanted for several years. Most here likely wouldn't give it a second look, and that's ok.