Surprise find for Atlanta, eh? Suddenly N+4 but you couldn't slap the grin off my face right now.

"Behringer Custom" popped up on CL recently and I was mum here because I secretly wanted it. When I see distinct pieces of history like this or just damn nice bikes, I often send the seller a note of appreciation. Awesome bikes are awesome. This time was no different: I reached out to say it was damn fine, unusual for these parts, and I wish my slush fund was a little less haggardly.

That compliment turned into a colorful conversation with the seller, possibly one of the coolest people I've ever met thru CL. 24 hours after that compliment, an unexpected sale put me in the ballpark to make an offer. Seller dropped the price 20% and, to sweeten the deal at that price, tossed in a 52cm '82 PFN10 (Vitus, not sure why it's not PVN10) that's very-restorable and size-appropriate for my better half which helped divert her scrutiny.

Anyway, just got both home, and I'm excitedly I'm sharing the Behringer on BF since I know some of you are familiar with the legend and others probably haven't even seen one. I've seen two others in my lifetime and both were track bikes. To the point I wasn't sure if it was legit until I saw the stay caps - sorta hard to dispute who made it.

Seller bought this used while living in Minneapolis many many years before. The Columbus sticker styling and RD dating peg this at early-mid 70s (1974). I'm not accustomed to seeing bikes of the era using braze-on TT guides and tapered stays so I was surprised? Love the meticulous lug filing, tapering, smooth seams, gorgeous almost dark metallic aquamarine paint. I could stare at this for hours.

Only really stand-out weird thing I see is mixed Fiamme tubulars.

But hey, without further adieu, some pics. I'll probably send some hi-res ones over to Dale/CR when it's cleaned up to add to what little they have.