Early Xmas
11-30-25 | 02:21 PM
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Early Xmas
Picked this up a couple hours ago. Performance TR1000 3/2.5 titanium. For peanuts. Local CL bike flipper had it. Quite a nice person actually.
Probably an early one, 95-96 maybe, judging from the Shimano 600. Later ones went to 105. Looks like it's been sitting for some time but I'm sure that it will respond to some modest cleaning. I was way surprised at the really lovely welds. Since the bike retailed for near $2K in 95 I suppose that I should not have been surprised at all.
At any rate a fun project that I've been looking for a long time.
Probably an early one, 95-96 maybe, judging from the Shimano 600. Later ones went to 105. Looks like it's been sitting for some time but I'm sure that it will respond to some modest cleaning. I was way surprised at the really lovely welds. Since the bike retailed for near $2K in 95 I suppose that I should not have been surprised at all.
At any rate a fun project that I've been looking for a long time.
11-30-25 | 02:45 PM
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11-30-25 | 02:59 PM
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Either nice or very "naughty"
Nice bike!
Best, Ben
Nice bike!
Best, Ben
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11-30-25 | 03:28 PM
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For some considerable time I was known as " Nice Guy Charlie ". I'd hear it all the time, " Nice guy, Charlie ", they'd say.
It'd take a dedicated effort to be naughty these days. And that'd likely involve the police so I try to avoid that.
It'd take a dedicated effort to be naughty these days. And that'd likely involve the police so I try to avoid that.
12-01-25 | 03:18 PM
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12-01-25 | 03:32 PM
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Performance brand bikes always seem to undervalued and nicely built. Likely because of the limited name recognition. I've build a few up for friends who love them. I never knew they released a Ti frame. There may be a member selling a Ti bottom bracket in the classified section if you're after one.
Looking forward to seeing the build!
Looking forward to seeing the build!
12-01-25 | 03:41 PM
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Performance brand bikes always seem to undervalued and nicely built. Likely because of the limited name recognition. I've build a few up for friends who love them. I never knew they released a Ti frame. There may be a member selling a Ti bottom bracket in the classified section if you're after one.
Looking forward to seeing the build!
Looking forward to seeing the build!
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12-03-25 | 06:24 PM
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Amazing. I bought exactly the same bike in Austin, TX on Sunday from a junk removal guy who was flipping his find. I looked up what I assumed was the bike you bought (in Sacramento on Craigslist) to get a price point for the one I bought. Now trying to decide how to build it up. Small world.
12-04-25 | 11:14 AM
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Amazing. I bought exactly the same bike in Austin, TX on Sunday from a junk removal guy who was flipping his find. I looked up what I assumed was the bike you bought (in Sacramento on Craigslist) to get a price point for the one I bought. Now trying to decide how to build it up. Small world.
I'm guessing that it'd be difficult to go wrong with any decent group and wheels.
12-05-25 | 10:25 AM
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Picked this up a couple hours ago. Performance TR1000 3/2.5 titanium. For peanuts. Local CL bike flipper had it. Quite a nice person actually.
Probably an early one, 95-96 maybe, judging from the Shimano 600. Later ones went to 105. Looks like it's been sitting for some time but I'm sure that it will respond to some modest cleaning. I was way surprised at the really lovely welds. Since the bike retailed for near $2K in 95 I suppose that I should not have been surprised at all.
At any rate a fun project that I've been looking for a long time.
Probably an early one, 95-96 maybe, judging from the Shimano 600. Later ones went to 105. Looks like it's been sitting for some time but I'm sure that it will respond to some modest cleaning. I was way surprised at the really lovely welds. Since the bike retailed for near $2K in 95 I suppose that I should not have been surprised at all.
At any rate a fun project that I've been looking for a long time.
Last edited by 13ollocks; 12-05-25 at 12:03 PM.
