I've never considered myself a C&V candidate, however memories of my 10 speed (2x5) Apollo from the '80's was enough to get me to part with the cash to buy this local bike. From research here on BF I believe that it's about an '83 Apollo Imperial. The seller included the original bars and stem, completely wrapped with black electrical tape. The flat bars will surely have to go.

Not sure what or how far I'm going to go with the restore. I'd be interested to hear from the experienced C&V'ers what and/or how far to restore this bike. Saw a photo of SixtyFiver's UO-8 converted to a fixie ... that would be kind of interesting, and I don't have one of those bikes ... yet.


Winter project bike by h2oxtc, on Flickr

Edit: Found the serial number. It's an '81.