Old bike

I have just purchased a new road bike and I am very pleased with it however everytime I see an old steel road bike I want one be it a Pug or Carlton. There is something about an old racer with down tube shifters I like.

Maybe it just a yearning for lost youth my first bike was a Carlton Contenental in 1964 or is this the N+1 I read about?

thats why loads of us have more than 1 bike

and steel is real , always got a couple of retro bikes if local

like my number 2 bike
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like my number 2 bike
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Biggs, I am in Chadwell Heath, Essex.

Gary, that is a beauty mate, what year approx, is Leader the make or model.

As for another bike my wife still thinks my new one was not needed as I already had one an mtb.




Stlll we live in hope, I can always claim I found it in a skip

had it made in 1991 still have the receipt £350, its a leader frame

Recently sold my retro bike to pay for a reserve for my modern bike before my LBS sold it on. It was a '79 Viking Vision, wasn't exactly high end or anything like Gary's Leader, but rode very well.


I'm thinking of buying another retro bike some time in the future, but something along the lines of Gazelle or Gios...

you'd like the viking giro d'italia primal it has downtube shifters a really nice lookin bike even tho its all modern those d/t shifters add that old skool feel and in all honesty i cannot fault mine was cheap and cheerful i picked mine up brand new for £170

Kinetic, your Viking is the type of bike I am talking about, not high end like Garys but a nice bike. Biggs has it right, steel is real.

Do you mind if I ask how much you sold your Viking for? I will almost certainly get a steel later in the year.

primal , why not have a go at putting a bike together yourself , i have done a few its good fun and need not cost a bomb .

or you should be able to pick up a nice Reynolds framed bike for anywhere between £60 - £200 no trouble at all .

Love the frame geometry on the Viking . Looks quite comfortable .

Retro road bikes are available on eBay from anywhere between £20 for gas pipe bikes and £300+ for Reynolds 531 framed bikes.

Here's my Dawes Echelon:




It's a very nice bike to ride.