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Or Newbie. All City Disc Spacehorse
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This is impossible.
For me the flagship is always the latest build: https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1918/...0029e001_b.jpg But a frame built for myself has to be runner up: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/329/2...0fce5f6e_o.jpg If any of the above needs a sturdy tender (a small boat to go ashore) it would be: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4411/...c4c744cc_b.jpg Or if going backwards into the future - needing a spaceship: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4307/...fc133081_b.jpg |
love this thread.
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Originally Posted by vintagerando
(Post 20654783)
@tkamd73 Is there story behind this rare Trek? did you buy it new? If not, how did you acquire it? Certainly a nice one.
Rode it with the tubulars till I got a flat, then sourced some Super Champion clinchers for it, sold the Mavic Blues to a forum member. Sold the Brooks saddle to another forum member, and replaced it with a Vetta, added a shorter stem, adjusted the spring tension on the NR brake calipers, 28t freewheel, and retaped the bars twice. Great ride, no longer looking for a Paramount. Tim |
Favorite bike?
In 1980s had Sears ten speed. Converted it to 15 speed with bolts, washers, nuts, and 28 tooth sprocket from bike shop, per Bicycling Magazine instructions. All the original equipment shifters, derauilers worked/shifted perfectly. I was one of very few triple cranksets on bike path.
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c. 1973 Zeus.
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A recent rebuild from this summer that I modified to fit me -mostly the cockpit - after adding up the receipts it certainly deserves flagship status and I do love the ride. 87 Cresta GT
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...aa360f3b32.jpg |
Without question my flagship C&V bike is my 1972 Raleigh Professional. It is the bike I have always most wanted, apart from maybe a Molteni orange Colnago super in 60cm if anyone wants to ship me one. The Raleigh Pro is about to go under the knife with some cockpit upgrades once I have my workshop set up.
https://i.imgur.com/WsJ6Kqm.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KyUJb3O.jpg |
Easy choice for me: 1986 Look Equipe. This is the bike I've had the longest (since I was a teenage racer and Lemond/Hinault/Hampston wanna-be). After all these years, it's still my favorite ride. An iconic and relatively rare bike from the era when I first got the cycling bug.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4381/...8244cf34_k.jpg |
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[MENTION=175208]gaucho777[/MENTION] That bike is just too cool. :thumb:
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Thanks, [MENTION=348967]Fahrenheit531[/MENTION]. :)
My '73 Speedwell Titalite has a degree of cool factor, too, but the Look gets the nod for overall performance and personal nostalgia. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4416/...83b9d9d4_k.jpg |
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...4e1cda916e.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f3f59999cc.jpg I really like my old MIELE COlumbus SL frameset I had converted to take the older Dura Ace AX groupset. |
Originally Posted by gaucho777
(Post 20660801)
Thanks, [MENTION=348967]Fahrenheit531[/MENTION]. :)
My '73 Speedwell Titalite has a degree of cool factor, too, but the Look gets the nod for overall performance and personal nostalgia. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4416/...83b9d9d4_k.jpg |
Originally Posted by Drillium Dude
(Post 20654775)
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.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...8b80988764.jpg 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 https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3162de7520.jpg If I really want to fly, then its the C50 https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...852764b620.jpg |
I think it is this one.
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...60b6ad6839.png https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...dc2c0ea6a3.png But my friends think it is this one. But what do they know? https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...69d4fee1cc.jpg |
@ldmatya, man those are both awesome machines. Not really into more modern bikes, but your friends have good taste. Love the Warhawk Trek! Tim |
For C&V, my '83 Schwinn Voyageur SP gets the most kilometers. This bike keeps getting better, and this winter I'll be building a Pacenti Brevet/105 wheelset for it, which will shed almost a pound of the current Mavic A319/vintage Suzue wheels. The 35c Compass Tires and Rivendell Silver shifters really make it a great bike for 100+ km rides.
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7aa346cede.jpg |
As for mine I think most of the Irongents know about this one. and can guess what its gonna be...
A 1988 Centurion Ironman Master Pro frame made by Zunow https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...25d2179791.jpg As bought on CL but for complete at this moment would be these two, 1974 Raleigh Pro and a 1974 Schwinn Paramount. P10 https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...efe8679db2.jpg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...e6eaab337b.jpg |
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...c1abf39076.jpg
Soon to be passed over by a more modern steel frame, this baby has been my mainstay for road rides for 18 years. |
Nice idea! I love my Super Course TT but my back doesn't like the drop handlebars.
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Hard to pic a favorite. However the Master PIU is a dream bike I wanted for many years. Bought the frame from The Bicycle Stand in Long Beach California, Parts that I had and some I had to hunt down combined with a Wheelset consisting of Sheriff star C records and mavics that I laced back in the 80s. This bicycle isnt "correct" Team Buckler colored Masters were equipped with the team sponcered group, Suntour Superbe from the early 90s. I built this up Mid 80s style the way I like it. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...0a7901c93a.jpg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...2b3bbc5e5a.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f3f8d713ab.jpg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...fa9cfe841d.jpg Honorable mention |
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...19900f428e.jpg
always a favourite https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...5c47c3aef3.jpg a bit of english that has snuck in to a mainly frankish stable |
Originally Posted by rustystrings61
(Post 20655701)
And since Tullio Campagnolo INVENTED the quick release
My Pinarello Montello currently carries the flags. https://i.postimg.cc/XNBxfL2z/E47-C3...-ABE8-E076.jpg |
My favoritest bike is my 1982 McLean. Few were made, so it's a collector's item and a conversation piece. The builder died suddenly at the age of 29. I bought it used in 1983. It came without a Reynolds decal, and I'm a bit suspicious that it isn't made of Reynolds since it's oddly heavy. But I'll always keep it, and I love the way it rides. It's very confidence inspiring at high speed and in tight maneuvers. I've ridden a tour on it and taken it on century rides.
Here it is with the Campagnolo equipment I built it with first. This is its second paint job. I have no pictures of it with the original paint. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/sM...=w1242-h928-no Here it is as it is now. It's not as pretty, but it's a bit nicer to ride. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/J2...=w1242-h932-no |
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