My "ultimate" was a mid-70's Raleigh Professional. My dad could not afford to buy me one, but got me a SuperCourse instead. I rode the SuperCourse for over 22 years. I now own a mid-80's Raleigh Team Replica.
>From: "skip" <cgallegro@best1.net>
>Reply-To: "skip" <cgallegro@best1.net>
>To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]The Ultimate
>Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 22:47:37 -0700
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>What bike is the bike that created the passion you have with vintage bikes.
>What made it the bike that stirred you to follow the quest? For me it was
>when I was in Neuchatel Switzerland in 1976. I saw a very ancient Allegro
>that had parts I had never seen, patina against a back drop of the alps
>while I was on a solo tour. I am now fotunate to own a 1939 Allegro that
>looked just like that bike. That started the slow burn. What was yours?
>Craig Griffith