GARAGE SALE*
(* Absolutely none of these bikes are for sale)
My love affair with bikes started at a young age. First a Raleigh Tomahawk, then a Commando, then a Grifter, then a series of proto-mountain hack bikes consisting of old tourers saved from skips. Then a Muddy Fox Courier comp for fun and a Peugeot Carbolite road bike for serious training. The list goes on… But once I started working for bike magazines, things changed dramatically, testing – at a rough estimate – more than 2000 over two decades. And the problem with spending all of your time working in a sweet shop is that you run the risk of becoming a glutton…
So, yes, I have a problem with road bikes: I test them, I fall in love with them and then I want to keep them, which often means reaching deep into my pocket and shelling out on machines I just can’t bear to be without. God help me if I had unlimited funds and unlimited storage – I’d own more than 200 by now. The fact
