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02-18-05, 02:24 PM
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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
02-18-05, 03:01 PM
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Hey John, welcome to the forum!
I think Cortina was either a house label or a "pet" name used by some importer. I have a NOS pantographed ttt stem with cortina on it in script lettering.
BTW- LOTS of Brooks lovers here (I'm one)!
I think Cortina was either a house label or a "pet" name used by some importer. I have a NOS pantographed ttt stem with cortina on it in script lettering.
BTW- LOTS of Brooks lovers here (I'm one)!
02-18-05, 03:06 PM
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I have no idea if this is the same company who made your bike, it looks like they make downhill atb's now:
https://www.cortinacycles.com/home.html
https://www.cortinacycles.com/home.html
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Never heard of Cortina (well there is the british car) but
I have heard of Brooks.
welcome aboard
Marty
I have heard of Brooks.
welcome aboard
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I recall Cortina and their unorthodox approach to the early 1970s models. There three models that all used basically the same equipment: Universal 61 centre-pull brakes, Campagnolo Valentino derailleurs and Campagnolo Tipo hubs laced to aluminum rims. The difference in the models was primarily the frame. The entry level Racer had a hi-tensile frame. The Riviera used the same frame but had chrome lugs and stay ends. The Silver Cloud used Columbus DB tubing and a tubular wheelset. In many ways, the Cortina Silver Cloud was an Italian version of the Peugeot PX10, in that it had a top line tubeset equipped with mid range components.
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Thanks T-Mar!
From your description I believe mine must have been the entry-level bike. It's nice to know the name of the equipment on the bike.
Not to hijack my own thread but has anyone ridden a Ti Brooks Swift yet? Aside from the weight savings, are they that different from the Team Pros I've been riding?
John
From your description I believe mine must have been the entry-level bike. It's nice to know the name of the equipment on the bike.
Not to hijack my own thread but has anyone ridden a Ti Brooks Swift yet? Aside from the weight savings, are they that different from the Team Pros I've been riding?
John
02-19-05, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Toyman991
Not to hijack my own thread but has anyone ridden a Ti Brooks Swift yet? Aside from the weight savings, are they that different from the Team Pros I've been riding?
