My favorite species of bike.
This is my 1992 MBK HPF. Originally a kinda flat lilac colour, this one was powder coated lime-green a month ago (when it’s long suffering BB finally creaked it’s last). Ridden very regularly (‘cuz it’s ace). New wheels and either a green, or a blue charge spoon saddle in the new year, as that grey one is a bit dull.
It shares the road bike corner with a couple of other steel road bikes too, (Singular Osprey, and a Condor Fratello, tho’ the oldest of which is only from 2011). My first proper classic could well be a late 50’s Raleigh Lenton Marque III that I’ve got my eye on …