Classic Bikes

What is it about bikes from our youth that elicit such strong emotions? Is it that they remind us of our first taste of freedom? Of the day we took those initial, tentative pedal strokes that propelled us past the end of our road into what seemed like the rest of the world? Or is it the images of Fausto Coppi on his Bianchi, Eddy Merckx on his Molteni or Tom Simpson on his Peugeot that take us back to the dreamy days when we discovered a sport that, before television and the internet, almost seemed otherworldly? Bikes have always been and will always be things of beauty – objects that demand our attention and deserve our admiration. This magazine is full of wonderful bikes, each one with its own story.