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    DREAM MACHINES

    Dec 30, 2021 5 minutes
    Words Simon Smythe
    Photos
    Mike Prior

    If you’re a bike spotter, there’s no better opportunity than the Eroica Britannia for feasting your eyes on collectable machines.

    In 2022 the event, for pre-1987 bikes, moves from its home in the Peak District to Goodwood, the famous motor circuit set in the South Downs – and of course where the 1982 UCI World Championships were held.

    We went to the taster event, which was rammed with all kinds of classic, vintage and historic bicycles. In fact there was so much beautiful steel on display that it was hard to choose a ‘best in show’ – so we’ve chosen our favourite seven.

    1982 Colnago Mexico

    Giuseppe Saronni won the World Championships at Goodwood in 1982 on a Colnago almost identical to this one.

    The bike

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