Dale, I think every one of those is fully rationalizeable! I know I can rationalize darn near any bike purchase.... (I'd be willing to relieve you of the Urago, though, if that would help in some small way).
OK, here's our fleet: (I say "our" because it's easier to rationalize things that way!)
1937 Oscar Wastyn fully-chromed 531 track (BSA components, need correct post) 1960 Paramount blue road (Record & GS) 1967 Paramount blue track (Record with inch-pitch w/Wippermann block chain) 1967ish Pogliaghi fully-chromed road (Record, need correct cablestop FD) 1970 Raleigh brown Pro road (NR) 1970 Bottechia blue Pro (NR) 1970ish Stella orange road (Zeus/Record/Suntour mix, Ghisallo wooden rims) 1972ish LeJeune red (repainted) Championnat du Monde road (NR) 1972 Masi champagne Verona GC (NOS) (NR) 1974ish Zeus "apricot" (more like rootbeer) road (Zeus Criterium plus 2000 FW) 1974ish Motobecane silver Grand Jubile (their spelling) (non-orig. mix of parts) 1975 Cinelli blue Super Corsa (NR/early SR/Phil/mod. 58s) 1975 Teledyne Titan (NR/early SR mix, for now) 1977ish Colnago white (kinda Chamonix) Super (hers) (NR/OMAS) 1978ish Medici red Pro-Strada, SP, current favorite all-around rider (SR reduced) 1979 Raleigh blue 753 Team Pro road (early SR ti plus "aluminium bits") (18 lbs.) 1981 Raleigh blue mink Pro (NR) 1981 "BMW blue" Guerciotti (hers, well over 50K miles) (panto'ed SR reduced) 1982 Woodrup blue Giro-Touring (Sugino/Zeus/Mavic/NR/SR mix) 1982 Gregor red custom 531 road (NR/SR/50th mix) 1983 Gregor custom SL Tour (hers) (Sugino/Suntour/NR/SR mix) (21 lb.) 1983ish Raleigh (Japan) blue 531 road (Pro?) (S/A S5-equipped commuter) 1985ish Merckx red/white 753R road (hers) ("full" SR) (18 lb.) 1988 Santana charcoal grey Elan tandem (all four of us have used this) (44 lbs....) 1990ish Santana his-n-hers plum-metallic Moda ATBs (a moment of weakness...).
Plus one ATB each for my sons, plus one BMX, plus a dozen or so framesets awaiting time/parts to complete build-up, including: 1977 Nobilette road #0002 (repainted), his-n-hers 1979ish Gios Super Records, 1974ish lilac Moto Le Champion, 1974ish black Andre Bertin road, 1974 Italian Masi GC (repainted), NOS 1983ish 753R aqua Merckx road, 1983ish Team Raleigh 531 in Panasonic or Team Weinmann colors (not sure which), NOS Exxon Graftek (hers), 1974ish Alan Super Record S5-equipped commuter (hers).
This is after I thinnned the herd by about 15 bikes in the last year or two.... Hey, it's a good sickness! Could be worse!
(I do admit to being in a bit of a component rut, however...). (But it makes maintenance simpler...).
Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan
> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 20:02:09 EST
> From: OROBOYZ@aol.com
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: [CR]OK, here's my list (I think!)
>
>
> Complete bikes or frames awaiting assembly. I could have left some out but
> who knows! I think I count 83.
> ( I realize this is over-the-top, but remember, I have a bike shop to
> facilitate this mental illness. And Larry Black is a whole lot farther along
> than
> me!!)
>
> Whitney high wheeler (replica, but a good one)
> 1897 Victor safety
> 1914 Pierce Arrow track
> 1930s unidentified 6 day racer
> 1937 Hetchins road
> 1930s Bates road
> 1940s Claude Butler road
> 1950s Seiber club
> 1950s Maclean Apollo road (UK)
> 1950s Urago road
> 1950s Harry Ferris Le Cordon Bleu road
> 1950s Hetchins Vade Mecum 2 road
> 1960s Cinelli (2) road
> 1960s Late 1960s Flying Scot road
> 1960s Rudge road
> 1960s Frejus city bike
> 1960s Hetchins Magnum Bonam
> 1960s Moulton 4 Speed (2)
> 1960s Ephgrave no 1 Special road
> 1960s Peugeot city bike
> Late 1960s Freddie Grubb path racer
> Late 1960s Maclean road (UK)Late
> 1960s Bill Hurlow track
> Late 1960s Bill Hurlow road
> Early 1970s Falcon road
> Early 1970s Condor Italia road
> Early 1970s Masi California road
> Early 1970s PX-10 road
> Early 1070s Bottechia Gran Turismo touring
> Early 1970s Holdsworth Pro road
> Early 1970s Herse Demontible chrome touring
> Early 1970s Lambert 1st Edition
> Early 1970s Silk Hope-McLean road racing
> Early 1970s Teledyne Titan road
> Early 1970s Raleigh RRA road
> Early 1970s Carlton Competition road
> Early 1970s Bill Hurlow Touring
> Early 1970s Raleigh Track ProEarly
> 1970s MKM Time Trial
> Early 1970s Bill Hurlow lugless racing road
> 1970s Harry Quinn road
> Mid 1970s Motobecane Le Champion road
> Mid 1970s Richard Sachs road
> Mid 1970s Montelatici road
> Late 1970s Eisentraut A model road
> Mid 1970 Ron Kitching road
> Mid 1970s Zeus road
> Mid 1970s Charles Roberts time trail
> Mid 1970s Exxon Graftek road
> Late 1970s Silk Hope-McLean touring
> Late 1970s Jack Taylor touring
> Late 1970s Hetchins Spyder road
> Late 1970s Picchio Special
> 1980s Alan ladies aluminum
> Early 1980s Tommasini track
> Early 1980s Tommasini Aero AX road
> Early 1980s McLean trike
> Early 1980s Somec Road
> Early 1980s Dale Brown Track
> Early 1980s Rigi road (?)
> Early 1980s Richard Sachs road
> Mid 1980s Torpado road
>
>
> ? Pinarello lugged mtb
> ? Bickerton folding bike
> 1990s Merlin Road (Mass made)
> 1990s Masi 3V road
> 1990s Bates Ver Grandis road
> ? Richard Sachs 25th Anniv road
> 1998 Dale Brown Softride touting
> 1998? Richard Sachs 25th Anniv road
> 1980s Bickerton folding bike
> 1990s Merlin Road (Mass made)
> 1990s Bates Ver Grandis road
> 2000 Hetchins Millennium road
> 2000 Hetchins Millennium road
> 2000 Eddy Merckx road
> 2001 Somec OS lugged road
> 2001 Caygill Artisan road
> 2001 Somec OS lugged road
> 2001 Caygill Artisan road
> 2002 Brian Baylis custom road
> 2002 Landshark Franco touring
> 2002 Brian Baylis custom road
>
>
> Dale Brown
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