I've had it the longest. Second owner. First vintage frame purchase. Stolen and recovered in a major metropolitan city. The platform from which I experienced the vast majority of my Big Bike Moments.



I neglected to add that it's been through a number of configurations - I once rode it for an entire year while it was sporting Campy 50th Anniversary gruppo 9996 - before it landed on fully-pantographed. The BB and HS are the only remaining original parts.

DD

@tkamd73 Is there story behind this rare Trek? did you buy it new? If not, how did you acquire it? Certainly a nice one.

For me it's got to be my Giordana XL Super. It doesn't have a big name, it doesn't have top end components, it doesn't have a single one of my PRs and it doesn't make most people's radar of quality bikes. Yet time and time again out on the road it just feels so magical.






The Opus III would be a close 2nd for sure.

Yes, I think it was a catalog supplement from around '68; the blades were curved. Of course, at the time, the lever blades were straight on the road hubs. I've found a couple over the years and put them to good use on a couple of my road bikes. I'd love to find more - I like the curved versions of these much better than the script logo against the crosshatch background of the post-'79 levers.



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very nice...... the red tire work super nicely

My '92 Motorola Team bike ridden by Michel Zanoli. Nice bike, bad racer.

Olympia Fusari, here she hangs until my fitness has improved enough for it's racy geometry. Most of it's parts are on a less aggressive Basso Viper. I'm considering a new campy group for the Oly too.

fantastic seat cluster. I really like where and how the seatstays terminate.
neat look.

Not that I know anything about track bikes- but I noticed the QR lever on the drive side... I don't know if that's what romperrr was asking about...

For vintage, this bike is just a blast to ride, looks beautiful, shifts and stops great and handles like a dream.


I also have this one. It is worth the most of my fleet and is the most mint as well. What`s not to love? Chrome, Cinelli lugs and Super Record. I push the bike but baby it as well. Not that it can`t fly into corners. It can. I just don`t want to hurt this one.

My flagship bike is my 1985 Trek 720. The 720 was Trek's flagship in 1985- it was obscenely expensive, it was the apex of touring perfection at the apex of grand touring bikes. For a couple of years I ran the bike as a mostly "vintage" type build. I swapped the drive train around several times; used the Duopar, V-GT Luxe, Cyclone MII, triple pulley XC, M735 XT, XC Pro, XC Comp, LeTech, Mountech...probably a few more I've forgotten... Last year I got the idea to go to 10 speed. I built it up with 10 speed Suntour Command Shifters, Dura Ace 7803 and 7700 derailleurs, Phil Wood/Velocity wheels, TRP RRL brake levers, XC Pro brakes and seatpost, Sugino AT crankset, SR SP-11 pedals with King Cage toe clips... it's all top shelf stuff. It's a fantastic bike- it rides like a dream and I feel lucky and special to have and ride it.


IMG_0616 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr


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1985 Trek 720 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr


1985 Trek 720 by Dave The Golden Boy, on Flickr

1946 Herse Competition - this bike was in rough shape and took a lot of effort to restore. Super light, cool components, beautiful workmanship. But the dilemma now is that it's a bit too precious to ride very much, which sort of defeats the whole purpose.

Man, tough choice. The main criteria will be vintage and speed, so that narrows things to my late-80s Davidson Impulse and my '87 Schwinn Prologue, basically. My '88/89 Masi Nuova Strada is stellar, but if flagship (to me) implies strength or alpha or dominance, then it's the Impulse or Prologue. The Prologue at present is a quasi weight-weenie build, on top of its already thin wall tubing and super light Dura-Ace wheels. It doesn't feel like it'll break, but it doesn't feel indestructible. It has a softer, deferential feel to it, never imposing its will on you or telling you to grab it by the proverbial horns and wrestle it. It's very fast, very comfortable, very capable, very...lithe. It is a bike to care for, and not to abuse. There is this sort of 'innocence' about it...it's weird to say/write, but the sentiment is there. The Impulse has plenty of lightness and playfulness, and is very comfortable, but very much communicates that it is immensely solid. You don't need to wrestle or be hard with it, it's simple tall, confident, strong, and fast. If you want to put 110% power into it, it will eat that up all day. I find that these two bikes are two sides of the same coin, really.

So for those reasons, my flagship is my Davidson Impulse. I've been busy with other bikes and thus haven't ridden it in a long time, which is criminal I know. I plan on rectifying that soon--thankfully we are in a bit of a dry, albeit cold(!), weather stretch, but hey, dry is dry and that's all that matters to me.

Gotta be the Holland until the Hetchins gets built

My sentiments exactly. Best I can do is show the one I'm presently riding the most.

80's Titan frame, has a chromed fork by Faggin. Blue CromoVelato paint, with a hard to photograph, prismatic color design on the top and down tubes. Built/ridden for years with downtube friction shifting and Athena parts. But recently found a 10 spd Centaur brifter set still packed from our 2007 move. Frame was NOS way back when. But the thin layer of blue lacquer was literally falling off the chrome. I carefully touched it up, then sprayed on a coat of Rustoleum clear that now has a few chips, but is preserving the paint well. The saddle is a recent addition also. A Brooks Team Pro, that was so dry, battered and neglected, it was offered for $20 "as is" on CL.

After that answer I'm obligated to point out that the QR lever belongs on the NDS. Always. According to everybody.

Go here and see an early Campagnolo poster that clearly shows the quick release lever on the threaded drive side. And since Tullio Campagnolo INVENTED the quick release, I think that kinda says, no, not everybody says it belongs on the NDS. Unless you wanna argue with St. Tullio, and you can get yer own medium and seance to do that.

Currently I'm trying to figure out how to fit it into the coffin without scratching it:

Fantastic, beautiful Cinelli Gary!!!
Just tried to get one too, just recently, but the stars did not line up for me......
Your bike kinda reminds me of my blue Montello though. .... At least you will not have to worry about the decals flaking off and messing up you coffin and suit.......unlike my Pinarello.....

Not vintage per se but equipped with some vintage components, it may not be my most used bike but it ended up being the most expensive so this Rawland Stag fills the spot. Loving those Compass Baby Shoe Pass EL tires, they were a very definite step up compared to the Hetres that they replaced. It was a toss up between the Stag and the P.Peschi which I have to say is more fun to ride.