Originally Posted by
Kilroy1988
I think 1960s Italian racing bikes attracted me before the British, and language was a big reason why I crept over - that plus the accessibility to knowledge about obscure builders and component manufacturers via websites such as Classic Lightweights. After absorbing most of that information I had to turn to the original publications, which really is quite fun!
-Gregory
I think the reason I stuck with Italian was the races and racers. The UK with their food, landscape and non-mass-start time trial racing is OK, but for me it is not bad ass like all things Italian.