Rejuvenation
for BERGKÖNIG
The 1990ies are undisputedly the most interesting period in bicycle development. Almost everything that had seemed to be set in stone for the first 100 years of cycling was modified. It was also a very interesting period in racing with the new super stars comming up like Indurain, Super Mario, Ullrich, Pantani not to talk about the man from America and not to forget the Swiss Richard, Rominger and Zülle. And then there have been very cool team jersey designs from Mapei, Saeco, Banesto and the like.
The attractive collectors bikes from the 1990ies are not eligible yet for any vintage event in Europe. We think that this is not only a shame, but also dangerous. Because persons who start being interessted in vintage machinery (unimportant if cars, motorbikes or bicycles) usually are somewhere between 35 and 40 years old. And mostly they start with an object they have been dreaming of when young, say 15-20, but that have been totally unaccessible then. Somebody who is 40 years old today did probably not dream of a steel bike with frame shifters and toe clips when he was 15 - that was in 1998. And they may have never heard then of people like Bartali and Coppi ... maybe not even of Eddy Merckx.
But it is important to bring fresh blood into vintage cycling. And we feel that the interesting bikes of the 1990ies also deserve a plattform. These, by the way, today often fech even higher prices among collectors than the bikes of the 1970ies.
Therefore we are the first event in Europe that immediately accepts bikes and gear of the 1990ies. And hey, even if you are very traditional, don't worry: true cycling aficionados allways match, 10 years more or less don't really count ;-)
Long live vintage diversity!
The attractive collectors bikes from the 1990ies are not eligible yet for any vintage event in Europe. We think that this is not only a shame, but also dangerous. Because persons who start being interessted in vintage machinery (unimportant if cars, motorbikes or bicycles) usually are somewhere between 35 and 40 years old. And mostly they start with an object they have been dreaming of when young, say 15-20, but that have been totally unaccessible then. Somebody who is 40 years old today did probably not dream of a steel bike with frame shifters and toe clips when he was 15 - that was in 1998. And they may have never heard then of people like Bartali and Coppi ... maybe not even of Eddy Merckx.
But it is important to bring fresh blood into vintage cycling. And we feel that the interesting bikes of the 1990ies also deserve a plattform. These, by the way, today often fech even higher prices among collectors than the bikes of the 1970ies.
Therefore we are the first event in Europe that immediately accepts bikes and gear of the 1990ies. And hey, even if you are very traditional, don't worry: true cycling aficionados allways match, 10 years more or less don't really count ;-)
Long live vintage diversity!
