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02-18-05, 01:24 PM
Hello, I'd like to introduce myself to you folks. I figured that this would be a good forum section to use since I'm really into old-school (proven, grin) cycling technology. I was a teenager during the bike boom and have always ridden steel bikes. My current rides are a Bianchi Campione in celeste (the rain bike) and a Colnago Master Light in LX-24 paint.
I am also a Brooks saddle junkie - perhaps I'm the only person on the face of the planet who actually enjoys the breakin process (along with the smell of Proofide!). I have six of them that I've personally broken in and I swap them out from time to time.
Anyway, I do have a question about a bike I owned back in the early 70s: it was called a Cortina and came with what must have been low-end Campy based on what my paper route income would have supported. Has anyone ever heard of this bike? The only other thing I remember was that it was bright green with red/orange bar tape. It was stolen after about six months and replaced with a Peugeot U-08.
John
I am also a Brooks saddle junkie - perhaps I'm the only person on the face of the planet who actually enjoys the breakin process (along with the smell of Proofide!). I have six of them that I've personally broken in and I swap them out from time to time.
Anyway, I do have a question about a bike I owned back in the early 70s: it was called a Cortina and came with what must have been low-end Campy based on what my paper route income would have supported. Has anyone ever heard of this bike? The only other thing I remember was that it was bright green with red/orange bar tape. It was stolen after about six months and replaced with a Peugeot U-08.
John