Happy 7-Eleven Day!
07-11-24 | 09:11 AM
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https://m.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=1271839 - Road Test/Bike Review (1987) SEROTTA 7-Eleven TdF Team Issue
07-11-24 | 10:08 AM
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@cb400bill, every time I see that photo of Andy Hampsten climbing in the snow I think of the autographed one I see at TiCycles every time I use their restroom. With a nice note from Andy. Never met him but he strikes me as one of the class acts in cycling. All I've talked to who've worked with him speak well of it. I have some connections in Italy and I understand Italy embraced him after that ride as a favorite son (after they got over him beating an Italian), not just because he rode one of the all-time great "hard man" rides but because of how he embraced Italy, honored it and its traditions, learned Italian and brought tours to Italy for years after his racing days.
07-11-24 | 10:20 AM
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@cb400bill, every time I see that photo of Andy Hampsten climbing in the snow I think of the autographed one I see at TiCycles every time I use their restroom. With a nice note from Andy. Never met him but he strikes me as one of the class acts in cycling. All I've talked to who've worked with him speak well of it. I have some connections in Italy and I understand Italy embraced him after that ride as a favorite son (after they got over him beating an Italian), not just because he rode one of the all-time great "hard man" rides but because of how he embraced Italy, honored it and its traditions, learned Italian and brought tours to Italy for years after his racing days.
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07-11-24 | 01:27 PM
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I've got a Grandkid with a 7-11 birthday. I'd like to find him an appropriate bike to go with his birthday. I don't think the c&v market has crashed enough yet for that. 
07-11-24 | 09:32 PM
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Andy Hampsten reminds me of Peugeot Team's Robert Millar.
They seem to have similar physiques with Andy maybe taller....
They seem to have similar physiques with Andy maybe taller....
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72 Line Seeker
83 Davidson Signature
84 Peugeot PSV
84 Peugeot PY10FC
84 Gitane Tour de France.
85 Vitus Plus Carbone 7
86 ALAN Record Carbonio
86 Medici Aerodynamic (Project)
88 Pinarello Montello
89 Bottecchia Professional Chorus SL
95 Trek 5500 OCLV (Project)
07-12-24 | 08:17 AM
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Andy is a genuinely nice guy. I have talked to him a few times and he's always been pleasant and never seems to be in a rush to get away. The last time that I talked to him was at the last Eroica CA in Paso Robles, while we were talking his friends decided it was time to leave. As Andy got up, he picked his beer ticket off of the table and asked "Do you want this?".
I took this pic at NAHBS Denver. RIP Max Kullaway (in the red cap).
I took this pic at NAHBS Denver. RIP Max Kullaway (in the red cap).
