Hi guys.
I should be adding this to the craigslist scores,
but there is such little info on these,
and they are great bikes so worthy of there own thread...
First off i've been selling random junk on craigslist for a couple weeks now.
The down/up side is you end up finding more cool stuff!
This bike was on there for a long time,
it was described as a "campagnolo equipped 1973 schroder with ishiwata tubing, nuovo record, cinelli"
The price was kinda high, but he said it was in exceptional condition.
I had to see it.
One of my thoughts was using all the campy stuff and putting it on my '73 paramount frame,
and when you start adding up all the individual parts needed from ebay,
it was a great deal.
excuse the envy2-phone pics, i lost my camera somewhere...
I knew i was in trouble as soon as I saw it...
i love the lugs, really clean flow, neat to see the file marks too.
The owner, steve, was a really nice guy.
You could tell he took care of this bike.
In 1972 he ordered this bike from a shop in marina del rey,
and in 1973 it was delivered.
The store sold him the custom ishiwata tubing cause a 531 frame would have taken another 6 months to get!
At the order-time Nuovo Record was top of the line,
of course Super Record was available the next year,
but I think the NR stuff is cooler anyway, especially when its dated '73.
Since the european paint wasn't too strong, (it was white)
he had "brian baylis" of san marcos paint it!
and since he was a frame builder, he had him braze on cable guides, shifter posts, front derailleur tab!
I would have rather seen clamp-ons sure but It is so clean...
And who can complain with "record" campy hubs like these on perfect g40 rims!
It was unbelievable that a bike 36 years ago was in such great condition.
The test drive around the parking lot I probably had a smile from ear to ear.
I was embarassed to haggle with him,
but I offered $20 less than his asking price
cause I used it for gas, and he laughed but accepted.
If it had been any other frame, it woulda been double!
There were some mavic pedals,
but i'm checking out some period campy pedals,
i think it deserve to be complete, and I don't really like clips.
Also the hoods are all gooey, so i'll probably change the tape and hoods sooner or later,
maybe white though.
Anyway...
TP