As previously discussed in appraisal forum I am selling a Zeus for $900 plus shipping. My father purchased it from Vinsentin's Bike Store in Oyster Bay Long Island sometime in the 1970s.
Dimensions- Seat tube: 22 in
- Top tube: 22 in
- Front Sprockets: 52 & 43 teeth
- Rear Sprockets: 25 teeth largest, 15 teeth smallest
- Down tube: 24 in
- Head tube 5.25 in
- Handlebar outer-to-outer 15.5 in
- Wheels: 64 cm dia
- Tube measurements are center to center
Components- Tubing: Durifort tubes and fork
- Brakes: Zeus 2000
- Rims: Mavic Championnat Du Monde sew-ups
- Rear Derailleur: Zeus Criterium
- Tires: Hutchinson Tempo 1, just replaced last year at Vinsentin's (yes, they're still there). Not sure why anyone would want the original unusable tires but I have them.
- Seat: Replaced seat with cheap no-name vinyl seat. Will include original but it too is vinyl and has cracked apart with age.
- All other parts simply say Zeus
Pictures on DropBox:
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Rode it 1 mile from the shop to the train station, derailleurs and brakes work fine. However, it has not been seriously ridden in a number of decades. It has been stored indoors suspended from a padded hook on the front wheel. I will definitely not part out this bicycle. Sold whole or nothing.