Originally Posted by
jcmac
Hello again! Thanks so much to those who helped me with my other Apollo last year! My husband and I bought another one today. A 1983 Apollo Prestige XL.
I can't believe I've never posted my slightly older (1980?) Prestige on this thread. It looks like the Prestige got a bit more prestigious as time when on; yours came with forged dropouts vs stamped on mine. Same pearl color, but mine was about half gone when I picked it up as a bare frame + non-original fork out of the a bike co-op scrap pile.
I first built it up as a fixie:
Frame getting prepped for repainting:
And turned it into a fake italian racer; sporting Legnano livery, centerpull brakes and Campy Nuovo Grand Sport shifty bits:
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
Last edited by Lascauxcaveman; 10-24-15 at 05:29 PM.