How I miss my 1985 Peugeot Orient Express! I bought that bike when I was still in college using my tax refund and the proceeds from selling my sturdy ol' Nishiki Sport (which I also miss, but not as much as that Peugeot). I rode that thing everywhere and loved every second.

A few years later, I let my boyfriend at the time use the bike one night. He locked it to a pole outside a bar, got drunk and forgot about it, and it was left there overnight. When he went back the next day to get it, naturally it had been stolen. I was heartbroken!

I've never had a bike I loved as much as that one, although the way I feel about my current bike is awfully close.