Classic & Vintage - Performance bicycles

anyone know about a Performance Campione it has Suntour Superbe and Campy parts with Columbus steel? 100 dollars at a thrift store

Superbe and Campy parts in good condition would seal the deal at $100 for me.

They wouldn't hang those parts on a totally crap frame either.

anyone know about a Performance Campione it has Suntour Superbe and Campy parts with Columbus steel? 100 dollars at a thrift store

http://blog.performancebike.com/2010/04/23/flashback-friday-fall-winter-1984-85/

Go that that NOW:

http://performancebikeblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/page-18.jpg

then im glad she's mine now rear derailler is a campy front superbe with campy headset and cranks

and thanks for the reply Khatful

So is that the frame you picked up?

And, for ALL MY EFFORT in finding you that catalog page....can ya post a pic of the bike for us? :)

So is that the frame you picked up?

And, for ALL MY EFFORT in finding you that catalog page....can ya post a pic of the bike for us? :)

:lol:

the red one is it, and i will post as soon as i figure out how to this is all new to me. She does need a paint job but she rides like a dream.

the red one is it, and i will post as soon as i figure out how to this is all new to me. She does need a paint job but she rides like a dream.

The little icon when typing a reply that has a tree in it...that's the pic upload/insert function.

And whoa on the paint job before you let us see it :)


:lol:

Hey, that was 90 seconds of HARD Googling...

The little icon when typing a reply that has a tree in it...that's the pic upload/insert function.

And whoa on the paint job before you let us see it :)



Hey, that was 90 seconds of HARD Googling...


Is that what they're calling it these days? Only 90 seconds huh? :innocent: Then again, that's probably about 90 times more work than the server took to put it on your screen!

162947162948162949162950here are some pics

here are some pics

Nice score

Major deal for $100. I spy C-Record crankset!

I have one of those frames in my basement that I purchased on sale in the 80s. My frame has chromed rear triangle and painted fork, but I was told that the fork was painted red over the chrome. It is my understanding that Performance had a racing team and they commissioned both Basso and Pinarello to build there bikes.

Hm... I wouldn't mind having one of those frames, 'specially if it has eyelets at the dropouts.
-Gene-

Excellent steel steal.

I would love to see more pictures from up close.

Will try to post some closeups later today.

After doing some cleaning up i noticed one crank is a suntour superbe the other is campy?

nice score except the cranks real bummer there. great looking bike overall.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=162949&d=1280797463

Just traded my Scott Mt.bike for a Trek 1000 to ride while i start the performance restoration.
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The Performance frame I had was built by BMZ just like Palo Alto's It was the most beautiful frame set I have ever had, unfortunately it was not my size. Sigh. full Columbus SL

Here is my Campione, recently build up with a combo of shimano 600, 105, and rx100. It's a really smooth ride, much less road vibration than my Schwinn 434 aluminum.

My friend's girlfriend has one of those gray ones. Sweet bike.

Very cool bike! I have seen some of the Performance/Nashbar bikes before, and they never seemed too high-end. That frame is beautiful.

There's also something really cool about the fact that the owner of Performance still rides his. I'm sure that guy has made some $$$ over the years, and it says something that he's riding something other than the most expensive new thing out there.

More info on the Campione - found this reference to Biemmezeta on the Performance site today:
http://blog.performancebike.com/2011/03/25/flashback-friday-revisited-performance-campione/

Wow, those catalogs bring me back! In high school I used to stare at those catalogs and dream.

They provide so much more info than the Performance / Nashbar catalogs of today! Now it is little more than a picture to refer you to their website.

Hm... I wouldn't mind having one of those frames, 'specially if it has eyelets at the dropouts.
-Gene-

No eyelets on the Campione, but braze-ons for just about everything, including a chain hanger and 2 water bottle cages. You'd have to find a very rare Blue Ridge, which was the touring version, in order to get eyelets.

The Performance Campione was my dream bike, and I've been riding the dream for 25 years now. :speedy:

Dave R:
So what are you waiting for...post some pics of your dream bike! ;)

I have one of those frames in my basement that I purchased on sale in the 80s. My frame has chromed rear triangle and painted fork, but I was told that the fork was painted red over the chrome. It is my understanding that Performance had a racing team and they commissioned both Basso and Pinarello to build there bikes.

BMZ (Biemmezeta) made a lot of the Performance-branded framesets, I think. Very good contract builder in Italy....

No eyelets on the Campione, but braze-ons for just about everything, including a chain hanger and 2 water bottle cages. You'd have to find a very rare Blue Ridge, which was the touring version, in order to get eyelets.

The Performance Campione was my dream bike, and I've been riding the dream for 25 years now. :speedy:

So my grey touring (BMZ-built) one was called a Blue Ridge? I scored mine on eBarf as a complete bike.

Dave R:
So what are you waiting for...post some pics of your dream bike! ;)


Patience, Grasshopper. All good things to those who wait...:50:

So my grey touring (BMZ-built) one was called a Blue Ridge? I scored mine on eBarf as a complete bike.

Slightly shallower angles and longer wheelbase than the Campione, as you'd expect on a touring frame. Dimensions are listed in the post that has a picture of the catalog page. Rare, because relatively few people take the time to build a touring bike up from a frame, as opposed to those willing to do it for a road racer.

Slightly shallower angles and longer wheelbase than the Campione, as you'd expect on a touring frame. Dimensions are listed in the post that has a picture of the catalog page. Rare, because relatively few people take the time to build a touring bike up from a frame, as opposed to those willing to do it for a road racer.

Thanks. I went back and looked at that catalog scan for more details. Mine is an Anthracite Gray 60 cm. I then found my old Palo Alto catalog from 1985, and the Touring frameset in gray was on sale for $265. Imagine how little Biemmezeta got paid for one....

Still looks pretty good after 25 years.

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Very nice! Command shifters too!

Very nice! Command shifters too!

That was the last component change I made and that was about 20 years ago. Other changes from the original bike included an AccuShift rear derailleur (they didn't exist when I first built the bike), a couple of different saddles (my cat slashed up one of them), ergonomic handlebars, and aero brake levers. At the time of purchase, I upgraded from the included Campy Record headset to a Super Record. You can't really see it in any of these pics, but I had my initials engraved on the side of the Cinelli handle bar stem.