What's the rarest or most obscure bike in your collection?

[Hilltopperny]

Just wondering what the rarest or most obscure bicycle you have owned or currently own. Mine is a 1981/82 lotus super pro aero. I would love to see what others have with pics preferably.

[Hilltopperny]

Pics of the lotus

[David Tollefson]

My whole stable is an eclectic mix of rare. From two custom Softrides made by TiCycles (one road, one track/SS), a Paul Barkley custom Softride... The most "generic" is a Specialized Rockhopper Sport that I've bastardized with a 29er Salsa fork.

The most rare would be the ones I built for myself. Next would be the Javelin X-frame aero bike, circa probably 1990.

[Mzilliox]

Gilles Berthoud Randonneuse:
Applegate Bridge Berthoud by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr

[IMG]Berthoud finish by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]
So French, so Comfy, so Perfect!

[echappist]

Scott Plasma 3 TT, with the fabled -17 Shark-tooth flat stem. Scott made these bikes for only one year before changing the livery and the stem. The stem alone resales for $400 used...

[Repack Rider]

I have one of the most collectible bikes on the planet. It is currently on loan to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.

My bike is generally referred to in cycling literature as "Breezer #2." "Breezer #1" is in the collection of the Smithsonian.

By comparison, my 1983 Ritchey Annapurna is barely collectible.

[thirdgenbird]

Good question. None of them are exceedingly rare, but yet also are not common either.

Tommasini tecno
Yeti arc-x
Singular osprey
Yokota legend (frameset)

None of them are high volume and the tecno is the only one that was in production more than a handful of years.

[wallymann]

colnago carbitubo

[binouye]

And thanks for sharing it with the world! I saw that bike when it was still in CB, before the move.

Originally Posted by Repack Rider

I have one of the most collectible bikes on the planet. It is currently on loan to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame.

For Hilltopperny, I saw a Lotus super aero in blue locked outside my local food coop when I stopped to pick up something on Monday. Nice bikes, I hadn't seen one in years.

[Waldo]

Peter Johnson from ~1975, the third frame Peter built. If you don't know about Peter, you're missing a lot.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Peter_Johnson.htm

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by Waldo

Peter Johnson from ~1975, the third frame Peter built. If you don't know about Peter, you're missing a lot.

http://www.classicrendezvous.com/USA/Peter_Johnson.htm

good lord brother, that seat cluster, the lugs, the attention to detail, wow. such a clean frame, thanks for sharing.

[jtakeda]

Fillet brazed eisentraut. I've seen a couple before but not with this seat cluster.

http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=176603

[sparky33]

650b Weigle

not obscure but not something you see everyday, that is unless you live upstairs from my basement.

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by sparky33

650b Weigle

not obscure but not something you see everyday, that is unless you live upstairs from my basement.

got any better pics of this beauty, Mr Weigle is my favorite builder!

[crankles]

oh HELL YES! WANT!

Originally Posted by wallymann

colnago carbitubo