80's vintage pix
12-29-08, 09:16 AM
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80's vintage pix
Here's a few pix I posted on the Road Forum. I found and scanned some old slide film. Looks like they were taken yesterday.
Twigg's bike during the National Championship:
Centurion made some bada## bikes!:
I don't know which I like more, the Allez on this car...or the darn car!
Twigg's bike during the National Championship:
Centurion made some bada## bikes!:
I don't know which I like more, the Allez on this car...or the darn car!
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Great pics! Thanks for sharing them. As a Trek 170 owner, I'm always interested in pics of the 7-Eleven women's team bikes, built by Trek with Reynolds 753 in a special area of the Trek factory.
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From what I've been told, the 753 bikes were built on a special jig cooked up by Tim Isaac using gimbals, because 753 can't be cold set. Some (I believe that Twigg bike is one) had trick, lightened Ishiwata fork crowns, and they used pressed rather than the cast lugs on the other Trek models, to prevent the lugs from punching through the thin tubes. The earlier ones used Campagnolo dropouts; some later 170's used the proprietary socketed Trek dropouts. I believe Twigg's used Campagnolo drops consistently, because of the small size of her frames. A team of three builders made all the 753 frames.
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Wow, amazing memory Picchio Special.
12-29-08, 10:00 PM
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So why did Specialized paint their support vehicle like a Peugeot bike? Seems a little odd? Or were those the colors their bikes were available in, splashed across the hood?,,,,BD
Nice bikes though....!
Nice bikes though....!
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12-29-08, 10:30 PM
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You gonna eat that?
You want 80s? I'll give you 80s.
Doohickie, ca 1982:
Doohickie, ca 1982:
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The Campagnolo wagon takes the cake
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Need some yungin to chime in with..."that's not a wagon that's a crosover SUV"
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"You want 80s? I'll give you 80s. Doohickie, ca 1982:" QUOTE.
MY GOD, MAN ! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU ?
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J T
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MY GOD, MAN ! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU ?
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I wonder what happened to all those ultra cool bikes. Geez, as a fan of the 80s I'm lovin those pics. Thanks for posting.
PS. Check out all the gumwalls.
PS. Check out all the gumwalls.
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Thanks for the info. I admit, if you poured all my knowledge about sew ups into a thimble, you could listen to it rattle.
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< Gimme "clinchers" everytime ! (I,m just an old fashioned boy)
12-30-08, 11:09 PM
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You gonna eat that?
Hey, I'm only about 10 lb. heavier than that right now. And I'll lose that after the new year. I'm not too bad for a lazy old guy.
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Good photos triplebuted. Thanks for sharing them with us.
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