Top 12 iconic bikes in cycling history

I’ve inspired by GCN’s video titled “Top 10 iconic road bikes in racing history” while writing this post. I made some changes, excluded some of Daniel Lloyd’s choices, and extended the list by including a few bikes. Here are the top 12 iconic bikes in cycling history (IMHO, of course).

7-Eleven’s Eddy Merckx bikes

In the late 1980s, an American team has started to shine in the European cycling scene: the 7-Eleven Cycling Team. The 7-Eleven team founded by Jim Ochowicz, a former U.S. Olympic cyclist, in 1981. A few high-profile cyclists including Ron Kiefel, Sean Yates (former directeur sportif of Team Sky), Andrew Hampsten (1988 Giro d’Italia winner, …

Greg LeMond’s 1989 Tour de France winner Bottecchia

The advertisement of Greg LeMond’s 1989 Tour de France winner Bottecchia (in Italian). A beautiful and extraordinary bike. LeMond was racing for the AD Renting-W-Cup-Bottecchia team. During the 1980s and at the beginning of the ’90s, the size of the front wheels of the time-trial bikes was 650c, unlike today’s bicycles.

Sak_art design

Sak_art is a motorcycle & industrial design company founded in 2010 based near Pisa, Tuscany, Italy. They design motorcycles, helmets, and bicycles. Sak_art design wants to create synergies with the greatest frame builders, Each fine frame becomes their unique painting work that displaying their aesthetic creativity and passion that have roots in the beauty & culture of …

Pinarello celebrates the World Championship 2013 title with a special frame

Last September, Rui Costa of Portugal became the new UCI World Champion. Costa was a member of the Spanish Movistar team, so he was riding a Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think2 (he moved to Lampre-Merida for the 2014 season). To celebrate Costa’s victory in the UCI Worlds 2013, Pinarello produced a special frame: “The World Champion’s …

LeMond Limited Edition Series

LeMond Limited Edition Series: Greg Lemond, triple Tour de France winner (the only American to win the Tour), and twice UCI World Champion, teamed up with the French frame manufacturer Time to relaunch his signature brand. The first three models are limited editions and different only in cosmetics, named after Greg LeMond’s three Tour de …

De Rosa 60th Anniversary Bicycles: “The Black Label”

Italian bicycle manufacturer De Rosa has unveiled its 60th anniversary special series of road bikes: “De Rosa 60th Anniversary – The Black Label”. There are four Black Label models, and each model is representing an era of bicycle frame materials, (and also the year that De Rosa has started using these materials): Steel (1953-the year …