Big-Buck Bikes

July, 1982

Now that bicycle riding has become a way of exercise and transportation for more than 40,000,000 American adults, status and state-of-the-art craftsmanship have hit the old bike trail. Serious pedal pushers, in fact, are not opposed to laying out the kind of long green for an ultralightweight two-wheeler that not too many years ago would have bought a nimble little sports car. Choosing one's own high-dollar bike is, first, a matter of taste. Italian models tend to be extra quick-handling, refine...