Step one: go to www.43bikes.com
Step two: be jealous.
This website was started by a bike mechanic from Tucson, Arizona, who goes by the name of "Mookie" to showcase his 43-strong bicycle collection. Currently, Mookie makes his residence in Boulder, Colorado.
Staff pick: the Bowden Spacelander (1960, reissued 1997).
"Mookie" makes an honest effort to ride all of this bikes, when they're not in storage. Otherwise, he "reluctantly" sells them, but his latest project has been to find space for display of the "Mookenheim Bicycle Collection", which has been in progress for pretty much his entire life.
When asked "Why 43?", Mookie replies, "it's my favorite number". There you have it!
Some other staff picks:
The Custom Pegoretti (2000):
The Schwinn King Sting Mountain Bike (1981):
The Walton (1987):
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