How many of you guys ride vintage track bikes? I'm talkin like pre-70's!
01-14-15, 01:58 PM
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How many of you guys ride vintage track bikes? I'm talkin like pre-70's!
Just curious just how old school peeps are in this forum?
01-14-15, 06:23 PM
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A good place to post this also is classic & vintage 
We occasionally get much appreciated visitors from there though.
We occasionally get much appreciated visitors from there though.
01-14-15, 10:52 PM
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The closest I have come was when my friend asking me to buy his Paramount P15 track bike. I could(and would) have done it too if he asked me a couple years later 
If I ever see another one that size...
If I ever see another one that size...
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It's a P14. The P15 was the Paramount touring 15-speed geared road bike with a triple crankset.
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I've heard that something has to be at least 20 years old to be considered "vintage"
that means anything pre 1995 is now "vintage". I can feel the time slipping through my fingers...
that means anything pre 1995 is now "vintage". I can feel the time slipping through my fingers...
01-15-15, 08:09 AM
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IMHO Scrodzilla may well have the vintage-iest track bike around here here with his beautiful, impeccably built old Raleigh.
I use a 94-95 Cinelli Pista as my daily rider - it does duty for everything from tarcking around, to commuting, to randoing. If one accepts the 20 yr rule - it just qualifies for vintage status.
My favorite bike shop had what i think was a 40's(?) skip-tooth Paramount hanging around for years til someone talked him into selling it to them last summer. It was as close to true bike pr0n as I have had actual physical contact with
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I guess I was curious because there is a bike on CL that claims to be a 60' Atala Track bike -- It looks like it would be a really neat bike to own but I think i'd be afraid to break it or something.
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had this discussion on C&V a few times
classic about 20-25 yrs old
vintage anything older
antique even older like 45 yrs
Think this close to how cars are classified
classic about 20-25 yrs old
vintage anything older
antique even older like 45 yrs
Think this close to how cars are classified
01-15-15, 12:21 PM
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I got a prewar paramount track.
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Wood rim toobies and skiptooth ****.
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Haha yeah man, that's as it sat, set up by previous owner. I'm 6'1" and the bike is a 58. the guy i bought it from said he's 6'4", thus the long ass seat post, and stem. Ugliest P.O.S. Origin 8 seat post too. Just hideous. luckily though, a nice Cinelli stem.
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