Inductee: Dusty Springfield (vocals; born April 16, 1939, died March 2, 1999). One of the finest pop-soul vocalists ever, Dusty Springfield was blessed with a powerful, smoky voice that ran the emotional gamut from cool sophistication to simmering passion.
The bulk of the companyâs business is mail order, and Ribble bikes are not sold in other shops, but there is a showroom in Preston. Even before youâve straddled it, the Sportive Bianco is miles above the other bikes here in terms of value, even though this build misses the Â£1k mark by Â£73. You get a full carbon monocoque frame and full Shimano 105 groupset and itâs the lightest by over a pound.
Itâs a bike with poise, its muscular-looking curved tubes widening or tapering at the points where strength or lightness is required. Ribble says the Sportive Bianco is built with âbasic race geometryâ but has a slightly longer head tube, at 15cm in this case, for comfort on long rides.