Oh man, a trip down picture memory lane. The first real road bike for me was after years of BMXs and a mountain bike as a kid, then a long hiatus which ended after I had been up in Seattle for a year and a half. Thanks to an incredibly beautiful woman (same age)--we hit it off pretty quickly--I have the C&V bug for the rest of my life. The seed already existed for years before, but there was no proverbial soil or water to plant it and have it grow. Knowing that she wouldn't be there to help another family move one day early in our friendship (but her dad would be), I volunteered to help out and see if I could get to know her dad. Well, that didn't happen (it would later though), but the family couldn't take a certain way-too-small-for-me 1985 Schwinn World Sport in a lovely light blue all the way to Kansas. So they gave it to me for free. I like cars a lot, and had tools, and set about learning (Sheldon Brown) and refurbishing it. Oh those innocent days! Also, drive side photos are for suckers--look how good it looks on the NDS! Lol.



That woman is now married to another man, which is good because ultimately we wouldn't have worked out. Our friendship has been great though. The aftermath of the World Sport has wrought a lot of good stuff. So to the bikes, in pretty much proper order:

1985 Schwinn World Sport (51cm--too small for my should-be-25" size)
198X SR College Sport FG (one brake...short ownership)
2013 Nashbar Aluminum SS/FG (with brakes)
2002 Felt F45 (that RED color - origin of "don't sell a red bike")
2009 Felt F5 (full CF)
1985 Ross Signature 294S (bought to flip, but kept it! Great bike!) *
1989 Schwinn Tempo (24", a hair small)
1985 Schwinn Peloton (4 groupsets later, Queen of the Fleet) *
1983 Peugeot PB14 (SS and home repaint)
2001 Guru Racelite (61cm)
1986 Dancelli America (62cm)
1985 Peugeot PH10LE (62cm)
1984 Trek 400
1983 Nishiki Olympic 12 (27"/68.5cm)
1982 Raleigh 531
1983 Fuji Supreme (great riding bike, now my bro's)
1981 Trek 616
1989 Cannondale SR800/2000
1984 Schwinn Super Sport
1988 Masi Nuova Strada *
2007 Novara Trionfo (dynamite ride quality for the newer stuff) *
2016 Trek Emonda ALR 6 (frameset built up)
1985 Cannondale SR500 *
1977 Schwinn Super Le Tour 12.2 - chrome (CHROME!) *
1974 Schwinn Paramount (in restoration) *

Slowing down a good bit as I have a lot of winners and don't want to sell, so space is at a premium in my apartment. It's a lot of fun, and I like my Schwinns!

* Indicates current fleet member fully built up (minus the Paramount), I do have a few framesets I'm trying to sell, but otherwise, all the rest are sold.