Just love that Highpath! A bike purely designed for the UK rather than emulating the US west coast bikes of the time (ie designed for mud and rain and going up hill!).
Hub brakes, mudguards, chain case - this was a truely hollistically designed bike rather than a sum of parts like so many. Just needs a set of Chris Bell egg rings for the full on 1980's mad british look.
Can't understand why this is worshipped by the Brits in the same way as the Cunningham is by the US chaps as it seems to me that both were designed by guys who looked at the whole bike from the ground up rather than just build a frame and put their name on it, both were designed for specific environments, neither compromised on the builds because of what was available (both either sourced or made parts, rather than going for groupsets), both were bought by truely 'early adopters' of the sport, both are rare as hens teeth. Suppose it's because the UK kids were never really going to get into a bike with mudguards, not 'rad' enough......
Hub brakes, mudguards, chain case - this was a truely hollistically designed bike rather than a sum of parts like so many. Just needs a set of Chris Bell egg rings for the full on 1980's mad british look.
Can't understand why this is worshipped by the Brits in the same way as the Cunningham is by the US chaps as it seems to me that both were designed by guys who looked at the whole bike from the ground up rather than just build a frame and put their name on it, both were designed for specific environments, neither compromised on the builds because of what was available (both either sourced or made parts, rather than going for groupsets), both were bought by truely 'early adopters' of the sport, both are rare as hens teeth. Suppose it's because the UK kids were never really going to get into a bike with mudguards, not 'rad' enough......