Is this the best bike collection in the world?

While in Flanders at the recent road World Championships, Cyclist Magazine stayed at the newly-opened Flandrien Hotel.

Slap bang in the middle of the Flemish Ardennes, this cycling-themed hotel ran by Jamie Anderson and Bernard Moerman is different to your average bike hotel.

Sure, there is access to a workshop, guided tours of the local area and secure bike storage but there is also Jamie's personal bike collection of over 70 bikes raced in the pro peloton by the likes of Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara and Allan Peiper.

And here's the twist. You don't just look at the bikes, you get to ride them too!

Watch as digital editor Joe Robinson is walked through Jamie's five favourite bikes from his collection.

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[gunw]

Looking forward to visit Belgium and stay a night or two at Flandrien Hotel and see in person all those gorgeous racing machines. Great collection by truly bicycle lover Jamie Anderson.

[bikesnippets]

Fascinating. I own the 2009 Canyon that Johan Vansummeren rode to 5th at Roubaix. Still has the pavé section sticker on the

[JonathanBays]

On my bucket list to visit next trip from Sydney to Europe

[ronasaurus]

My little collection is in some ways more humble, I am just a bike mechanic, but in others more special. I have truly unique bicycles, from the finest Italian makers, true hen's teeth, that aren't supposed to exist.
I have a new old stock Pogliaghi pista, from the start of the Rossin ownership period, straight from the Rossin factory, where it slept, until Simone'D Urbino, the new owner of Masi and Alberto Masi's last apprentice, purchased the contents of the Rossin facility when it closed, primarily for the thousands of Columbus tubesets within, but there were framesets. He assembled mine with period perfect parts from Masi stocks, including a Masi modified, elegantly, perfectly lightened Gipiemme Pista crankset, totally unique. Otherwise it is Campagnolo Super Record. It is a never ridden early 80's pista bicycle, with a history that involves three of the finest builders, assembled by an artist craftsman, the finest young talent in bicycle building today. I did not know this when I bought it, I got really lucky. I only just found out, though the crankset was "what the?" from the moment I examined it closely, as was the new condition of everything.
I have a one off Colnago Pista, that matches no model, undoubtedly built for the needs of one special elite rider, a frame made to be exceptionally stiff, tubing crimps like those applied to special light tubing on the Mexico series frames, to make them stiff enough, but to ordinary SL, or possibly even SP, to make it extraordinarily stiff, other differences as well, too many for here. The seller thought it was a Master, it is not! It is an extraordinarily beautiful thing, as is the Pogliaghi. I may have an answer on who it was made for any day, I'm waiting on a reply from Colnago any time now on that.
There's also a '96 Olympics points race ridden Lithuanian team Pinarello Pista, more modern, but still steel, and a classic F Moser Pista, reputedly the race bike of German pro six day rider Manfred Nepp, but I haven't verified that one yet. It does have the ultra rare blue Mavic SSC rims though, and other little things that indicate a pro's bike.
All my seven vintage bikes are my size, like made to measure, all are maintained ready to race, though only one gets occasionally ridden, my very lovely, very Italian road bike, red cromovelato, with Campagnolo Nuovo Record, as new condition, the rest are Pistas, there is no velodrome here. That's ok, I own the most beautiful bicycles I have ever laid eyes upon, to me they are racing art, I enjoy them as such, just to have around me, to look at. Oh, yes, I am also an Aussie in Europe, Latvia though, my Motherland. Perhaps it is an Australian thing, going a bit mad, when you hit the extraordinary European fine vintage bicycle market?

[noeldoran]

Thanks for this I will definitely try to stay there what an enthusiast!!!

[wilfredtan]

Must visit this iconic cycling hotel 🤝👍

[Saints]

Just came across this, a living breathing classic bicycle collection. Well done mate, need something like this down under with some Jim Bundy, CW, Kerry Hopkins, etc.. will certainly look this up when O/S..

[paulthorpe]

Lots of lovely pieces.... many with the handsome C Delta brakes - I'll pop in and have a look . I collect old pros bikes eg Malcolm Elliots 2009 Opera...for me Giant in mid-90s with Jalaberts sloping top tube a la MTB bikes really not to my taste despite their current resurgence along with dropped rear stays. The later non-sloping TCR looks fab !

[thomasreed]

Remember Alan Piper helping Rob Miller Scotland’s greatest climber two very different people Alan and very forceful Robert fairly quiet but two likeable decent people. Enjoyed the collection a lot. 👌

[Lemond]

Whilst the frames may have been used in the pro peloton, neither of those Look bikes are correct spec as the teams used. The KG76 was used in 1987, by which time La Vie Claire were on Dura Ace and not Campagnolo, and ONCE used Mavic when Melchor Mauri won the Vuelta.

[ronasaurus]

First Look bike, the KG86, has odd component mix, mostly Chorus, but with Nuovo Record rear derailleur, and the Simplex downtube shifters he pointed original?

[uhurupeak]

regarding roadbike collection there is one in france near angouleme many from tour de france near 400 bikes another one in hongkong and one exotic collection with limited edition in thailand

[travis]

My story and many others, you once pride over your bike collection, 4 to 5 bikes, 5 years later most have been stolen or wrecked and you're left with only the 1!

[robfornari]

Do you sell any of the bikes that you have?

[Hertog_von_Berkshire]

7:38 Does he mean Weinmann? If so then they are Swiss, not German.

[hilltopper]

you look a lot like Chris Froome brother

[nbenja]

Nice collection but comical to suggest it's best in the world... I personally know of at least 10 collections in Scotland alone that blow this out the water

[StanEby]

Brilliant collection and fascinating historical review.
May I add my own two cents on something I feel is important...
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Thanks for this video. All the best.