I ALMOST made it.........
 

I almost made it without buying another bike this year but this popped up on FB........

https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...cc2075c716.jpg

Paint's rough and the color....... :twitchy:....... BUT it's straight and in my size range. I'd been watching for a '72 or older Super Course for a long time but only a very few ever came up for sale locally and I always JUST missed them. As soon as I saw this I jumped on the keyboard and I was able to make a deal on it. It's not a Super Course and I paid dearly for it but it will "do". It's a patina laden 1972 Competition, supposedly the original owner (I'm #3) rode it on the first RAGBRAI in 1973.

Actually the color is starting to grow on me......
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ed26730748.jpg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...7ac9b2f62c.jpg
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...93a8142743.jpg


NO MORE bikes this year, I promise! :D

I've scratched the Super Course off the wanted list, in fact I have scratched all bikes from the wanted list, it now consists only of parts for what I already have.



OK, the color doesn't seem quite so hideous now, definitely better than my '87 Technium 480! I may repaint it in it's original colors after all, we'll see when the time comes........

Nice I love the color!

I hated it at first but it's really starting to grow on me. I'm going to try and save the original paint.

Rare color, I think pretty unique and desirable.

The purple Competitions were never cataloged. While not unobtanium, they are definitely something special and have a bit of flamboyant 1950's club bike vibe.

Embrace the oddity! Perhaps you can find a pair of light blue Bluemels to complement the contrasting panels.

-Kurt

I didn't see ANY Competitons in the '71 or '72 catalogs.