Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 3,520
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From: Colorado Springs, CO
Bikes: 1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo (frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame), 1974 Peugeot UO-8
Funny, when I was in my 20's I was appreciative of vintage things. Not a collector by any means but aware that some of the old stuff was still pretty nice. Old cars were always a favorite of mine and vintage rock 'n roll from the 50's and 60's. It was the 80's that seems to be the dividing line. My buddies and I were listening rock 'n roll and cruising in our Camaros, Trans Ams, and Mustangs or trying to keep vintage 60's muscle cars rolling (back when you could buy one for under a grand and nobody made a complete line of reproduction parts for them) and the younger guys were moving to hip hop and rap and hotrodding imported Japanese cars. I'm pretty sure those are the guys that are drewing all the frames today
Oddly, most of my cycling friends have fixies but they are all modern bikes that were purposely built as track bikes or fixed gear bikes. I haven't seen any home made Drew-style fixies at all around here.
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1959 Bottecchia Milano-Sanremo(frame), 1966 Bottecchia Professional (frame), 1971 Bottecchia Professional (frame),
1973 Bottecchia Gran Turismo, 1974 Bottecchia Special, 1977 Bottecchia Special (frame),
1974 Peugeot UO-8, 1988 Panasonic PT-3500, 2002 Bianchi Veloce, 2004 Bianchi Pista