Wildwood 

all over again? = likely a bigger group than what I have now.
one or two just don't cut it. variety is my spice.

Barrettscv 

I only have opinions about bikes I currently or previously owned. I could build a fantasy list of unobtainium, but I'd prefer to be moderately realistic.

I purchased a new 1972 red 23 inch Schwinn Paramount in 1973, if I had to do it over, I'd have gone with a 24 inch in chrome. I rectified the situation earlier this year



I've always like Sports Touring bikes with generous tire clearance. I would have added a 1977 Motobecane Grand Record in black and red. I also would have installed a Sun Tour V GT rear derailleur and Simplex Retro friction shifters. Those improvements would have gone well with a 48 & 36 chainring set on the stock Spécialités TA Professional crankset. I owned this silver example for several years;




I would have been happy to wait 9 years for this addition, a 1986ish De Rosa Professional in SLX. I would have used a Mixture of Campagnolo Super Record with a Triompe 50 & 39 crankset with a 13-28 7 speed cassette and Retro Friction shifters.




I hope I would have caught the Cyclocross bug by 1992, this Simoncini Cyclocross Special would have been worth the effort of sourcing. An Eddy Merckx Cyclocross or a Lemond Poprad with 2x8 Shimano 600 STI brifters with Deore derailleurs match to a 12-28 cassette and a 48 & 34 Spécialités TA Cyclotouriste crankset would also have satisfied me.




I would have added this Pinarello Gavia in 1995, probably with Shimano 2x8 or 2x9 Ultegra. I also would have upgraded the De Rosa and Pinarello to 2x10 Campagnolo Chorus in 2005.



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The Golden Boy 

Cyclops?

Torpado?

Bandera

Well done, congratulations!
A thorough de-cluttering keeping only what actually matters to yourself is setting a great example.

-Bandera

Kilroy1988 

After ten years of experience restoring and riding vintage bicycles, I'm finally done with schooling, working full time, and am married. I've enjoyed the experience and ownership that I've had thus far, but am currently at an impasse! I don't know if I'd change much about what I did, but looking ahead, I need to make some choices and narrow down my stable due to a lack of storage space and an attempt to bring more focus into my life in general.

I think I will be satisfied with four relatively different bicycles, based on functionality. I would like to keep around a fixed gear, a ten speed, a touring bike, and a roadster for leisure riding. It's likely that only one or two of my current bikes will fit the bill, and that I need to thin the herd considerably and then build up a couple of others. Thinning is the hard part, building is the fun part! I'm sure that I'll swap out bicycles for the rest of my life for the sake of experience, but I would like to stick to high-quality and historically significant bikes, and also keep the numbers down at any given time. I more or less know what I like most at this point in time (1950s-1960s British steel).

If someone told me I had to choose right now what I'd like to have, it would be a Hetchins for the fixed gear, a Carlton for the 10 speed, a Jack Taylor for the touring bike, and a pre-war Sunbeam for the roadster. I admire a lot of models from all of those marques, so I wouldn't be too particular in that regard - only I wouldn't want a run-of-the-mill Carlton model. Everything else on that bucket list is rare and interesting no matter what.

-Gregory

Rexnuktia

Started biking 3 years ago. Have borrowed, built, sold approximately 20 bikes so far. Still have 8 bikes in the garage. Going back I would just keep my 2016 Masi Vivo Tre and the $300 slightly modified Costco Fat Bike.

clubman 

I would have kept my 96 Cramerotti ELOS with Chorus 8 speed ergo, lost 60 lbs, trained like a demon, popped some EPO and become the oldest, biggest domestique in the history of the world until my knees finally gave out. Kick arse!
The I'd join the 41 and piss everyone off singing the praises of steel. Then I'd relax and end up here. Then piss you off with my tales of derring-do.
Oh, wait already did that.

Forget it, wouldn't change a thing except tour Europe more.