Taking ownership of a bike that's done many miles, races, adventures or whathaveyou is one of the most fun parts of collecting old steel.

Happened to be fishing on CL and saw this within an hour of listing.

Basic research tells me this is a Bruce Gordon Racing model, the first built in September 1985 (serial #G010985).

It's mostly Dura Ace 740x with a 6spd freewheel on a Phil rear hub. Cinelli bar and stem.

There's a little spidering under the paint, so perhaps an OA bath at the first full tear down.

It's 56cm square, matching the Cinelli SC I picked up recently and rebuilt but haven't posted yet. Will be interested to compare the handling and character of them.

A Paceline thread about someone who ordered one new from Bruce in 2012 lead me to this advertisement scan:



If anyone has more or a higher quality scan, I'd be interested in seeing.

Here's mine as acquired:







It has a broken spoke on the front wheel, so I'll swap it out tomorrow and give it a sighting ride.

The wife of the former owner said it had been used in many triathlons in Hawaii, and he isn't able to ride anymore. She was happy to hear this will be ridden.

The purple is brilliant in daylight.

RIP BG.

Cheers.

Billy