perfect bike

Ahhhh, this is my perfect dream bike. And it's no surprise it's Italian...called the Imperiale Uomo by Umberto Dei, here is the oh-so romantic story behind it:

"It happened in the year 1896. The Lumiere brothers had just invented cinematography and Guglielmo Marconi had created the wireless telephone when a little artisan, fond of cycling and extremely meticulous, made his first series of bicycles. His name was Umberto Dei. That was the beginning of a marvellous adventure that led him to create a collection of bicycles which were considered among the best in the world. Their level of quality and perfection was so high that the brand Dei became world-known: everybody longed to have a Dei bycicle and win by riding it."

Via my new favourite blog, Copenhagen Cycle Chic

(no bike basket yet, had to work late last night...boo)