You can get a Morgan with four wheels and you can
get a Morgan with three. Now you can get one with just two – and no engine more
than your own legs. The oldest of British automakers has teamed up with the oldest of
British bicycle manufacturers to launch a new range of bicycles. And true to
Morgan’s ethos, they’re all hand-built – and rather expensive, too.
Unveiled this weekend, the classically styled
bicycles will both be hand-built at Pashley’s factory in Stratford-upon-Avon –
the quaint birthplace of William Shakespeare and home of the theater (and
theater company) that bear his name.
The Pashley-Morgan 3 comes in British Racing Green
with honey-leather grips, aluminum trim, a Brooks B17 saddle with walnut-veneer
mud-guards and chain-guard crafted at Morgan’s Malvern Link factory, an hour’s
drive west from Stratford. It features a SturmeyArcher three-speed hub and
dynamo front hub,, with a domed headlight – all yours for £ 1,495, or about US$ 1,900 at current exchange rates.
Step up to the Pashley-Morgan 8 and you’ll be
looking at US$ 1,595 (a little over US$ 2k). It comes in light pearl grey with black
leather grips, black-ash leather mud- and chain-guards. And it features an
eight-speed Shimano Nexus gearset with a Brooks C15 vulcanized-rubber saddle
with organic cotton upholstery.
