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The philosophy and see the life of obsessive bicycle-collector James MacDonald. Having spent the last 25 years on his bicycle collection, James MacDonald is now watching a tsunami of interest in vintage bikes. "It is a growing thing in the last year or so, and it's because the modern bike has no flavour at all," says James. Through old-fashioned legwork he now owns one of the few large historic collections in the country, and attention is growing. In July 2012, Australian Geographic photographer Dean Saffron was introduced to James in the lead up to Pushies Galore, one of Brisbane's first bicycle swap-meets. Dean made the journey an hour and a half west of Brisbane when he heard of James MacDonald's house of bicycles. Read more: http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2013/08/video-the-bicycle-collector SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/AusGeoSubscribe The official channel of Australian Geographic magazine. We bring you the best Australian nature, science, people and adventure videos. Subscribe to the AusGeo channel for regular videos showcasing the people, places and wildlife that makes Australia so great. We want to hear from you too. Tell us what you want to see, or ask us questions. Subscribe | https://bit.ly/AusGeoSubscribe Australian Geographic | http://www.australiangeographic.com.au Facebook | https://fb.me/ausgeo Twitter | https://twitter.com/ausgeo Instagram | https://instagram.com/australiangeographic Google+ | https://plus.google.com/+australiangeographic Get the mag | http://bit.ly/AGmagazine Join the conversation: #AUSGEO