1985/6 Specialized Sequoia

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03-29-17 | 03:42 PM

#26

blart

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From: Kalamazoo, MI

The sequoia is one of my dream bikes.

03-29-17 | 05:06 PM

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NormanF

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Specialized's classic sports touring bike.

They bought it back in the past year.

02-04-24 | 05:17 PM

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kwhiner

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From: Reno, NV

Bikes: '94 Eddy Merckx Century TSX '86 Schwinn Paramount, '89 Schwinn Paramount, '84 Specialized Sequoia, '85 Schwinn Le Tour Luxe, '86 Schwinn Prelude, '92 Cannondale T600, '78 Guerciotti, '91 Giant ATX 770, '87 Schwinn Le Tour(beater)

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Originally Posted by lesterp66

Standard reach calipers won't work unless you feel like milling out the shoe channel... I have a set of shimano br-r600 47-57mm on an '84 Sequoia with 700c wheels which are perfect.

Thanks for the info doing a restomod on my 84 Sequoia and got a set of Shimano r451 LR dual pivots 57-47 should be perfect. Using the BL-400 Levers.

Last edited by kwhiner; 02-04-24 at 05:28 PM.

02-04-24 | 05:29 PM

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Portlandjim

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From: Big Sur California

Bikes: 1946 Holdsworth Cyclone, 1969 Cinelli SC, 1972 Raleigh Pro, 1973 Merz road bike, 1974 Alex Singer Sportif, 1974 Merz track bike, 1975 Teledyne Titan, 1976 Ritchey road bike, 1977 DiNucci built Merz track bike, 1977 (?) Exxon Graftek, many more!

Sequoia design timeline

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Originally Posted by gomango

Do any forum members remember if Tim Neenan had his design hand in this model? Sure looks like it.

Tim designed the first Sequoia, 1981 or so. He left right before I started working for Specialized around July 1982. I redesigned all the bike frames, including the Sequoia model, as one my first tasks. This was my design. Jim Merz