This is my "State of the World Address: 2018 DMC707 vintage bicycle edition "

I'm in a pic thread state of mind (weather is too windy to do much and I'm bored )

Honestly, not a lot of changes this year to last --- I just walked around the house and took a few pics of my machinery in their "as-is" condition this morning and thought i'd share




This was, is and likely shall be for a while the most prolific of my collection -- need to take it down and dust it -- a chain would be nice as well



This one comes off the wall at times --- but since the re-paint I'm almost afraid to get it scratched up again -- funny how that works --- The wheelset is great for a wall hanger, but I would like to put a decent set of box section tubulars on it for riding around ----- this wheelset is heavy




I gotta admit, the Ciocc rarely moves under its own power --- I am tempted to put a early generation Ergopower parts kit on it to see if that would give me some incentive to ride it more though, --- but since the bike is so complete as it is, I almost don't want to mess with it



I was thrilled with the upright riding position and triple chainset on this blue/purple DeBErnardi when I first built it, and I still like the upright position, --- but the flex in that Technomic stem and the business of shifting back and forth through 3 front chainrings has had it sitting on the shelf for a while ----




Not strictly C&V, but this one reportedly had team provenance and is the lightweight "climbing blend" of carbon fiber --- it was complete minus the wheels and handlebar/stem combo when I procured it and I have spoken to the potential rider in question ---- He couldn't confirm nor deny because he stated that they truly went through A LOT of bikes back then . Someone painstakingly removed the USPS decals and just covered the area with black tape

There's no number plate holder, but after looking at a bunch of inter-web photos, its inconclusive as the only bikes I saw with holders were TdF bikes

Still working out the details on its murky past , and its a slick bike to ride, but a bit long in the TT for me




Latest addition to the family --- I've done a couple of short loops close to my house on this one ---- downtube shifting is challenging when you're chubby -- LOL

The gritty headset and lackluster wheelset performance tells me that servicing the bearings all the way around , maybe the freewheel too, is long overdue and I will update with a re-build thread when I get that done




The Colnago just got leaned against the spin bike and pedals swapped to my track bike recently ---- ITs a great ride -- this is where it still sits -- gotta do something about that




This is the last road bike I actually put any miles on ---- also leaned unceremoniously wherever it will lay ---- This is kind of a big bike for me -- its a 54, but it has a longish top tube --- I installed 165 cranks on it -helps me open up my hip angle a little and I regard it as my "spin trainer" --- I fully expected the oversize steel to be a harsh ride with the carbon back end, --- but its my smoothest riding bike in my inventory , but as is the fashion of the day, clearance for anything over 25c is pretty tight



Nothing yet -- not even that beautiful red Colnago -- has been able to come along and knock this off its pedestal as the top dog --- still the most spirited ride in the stable



I never really considered the Waterford to be THAT vintage --- its just an old track bike, --- but I hadn't taken it out in a while, - this was its first trip to a facility in years, but local officials are trying to close my home track, so I thought i'd bring out a special bike for a special ride ---- didn't have time to mess with a new set of tubulars, so I just bolted on a set of cheapie SS/FG type clinchers with Conti GP 4000's to hit the boards again, and they worked great
The super deep traditional Cinelli sprint bars and stem were not going to work with my current round physique so I tacked on the adapter and some road bars (The trackies call them "enduro bars" ) to give 'er one last go


I am really surprised at the continued compliments I got on the bike while there . I think the old adage "Quality never goes out of style" - will always ring true
--- even in a sea of $8000 carbon machines, lugged steel can stand out