50 Best bikes (according to a non-cyclist)

The Independent recently put out a list of “The 50 Best Bicycles.”

Well, it’s certainly a list. No denying that. But best? That's a big word to attach to such a disparate group of machines.
You’ve got a four and a half grand time trial super bike next to a kids push a long wooden ride. How do those two make the same list?

Bless the Independent for doing a bike list at all; we know they’ve got to come up with an easy reading list for the non-bike riding public. But it would’ve been nice to seen a common sense list. Maybe a commuter heavy list seeing as how that would appeal to more of their readers. To be honest, I can’t see too many budding downhillers taking bike advice from the Indy.

What they really need is more than one list…

The fastest production bikes
The coolest bikes (which may have been the title for the Indy’s list)
The ultimate single speed/fixie
City slickers
Best singletrack stead
Best entry road bike

Now those lists would be worth reading.