The criteria are straightforward enough. I just happen not to have had any Schwinn, Trek or Cannondale bikes myself, and nobody has given me details of any of these bikes that they would like to see on the site. I haven't had a Colnago either which is another notable omission and Bianchi are under-represented.

The only reason that most of the entries are 1940s, '50s, '60s and '70s is that that is where my interests lie. It doesn't mean that I don't want to show later bikes. I have sold many of my later bikes and soon I will have nothing more recent than my 1973 Team Bic Motobecane which I am currently restoring. Unfortunately the bike had been refinished and had an incorrect fork. I bought it from someone who got it from a team mechanic, but it has no provenance, just a frame number 8 instead of a full production frame number. I believe frame number 6 is in the USA somewhere.

If any of you want to see a wider variety of bikes, then send me photos and details and encourage others to do so. As an alternative, does anybody want to take the website over and add to it and maintain it themselves?