Not sure if this is classic or vintage...................
05-11-13, 08:24 PM
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Not sure if this is classic or vintage...................
but it's cool! I am going to go pick it up on Monday in Santa Fe, not sure what they did to the handlebars, but it can probably be put right. 24 inch seat and top tube. Has anyone tried one of these?? Thanks!
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Those brakes scare me
05-11-13, 08:41 PM
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You and me both, not sure if you are supposed to reach under or over or? I'll put the right bar back on when I get it home and figure out what it's supposed to have.
05-11-13, 08:59 PM
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Santa Fe? That's pretty close to Area 51, is it not?
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05-11-13, 09:06 PM
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I could tell you, but then I'd have to...............oh never mind :~) 51 is in Nevada, not too far, but I'm real close to the Trinity atomic bomb site! And my Bianchi looks like it was part of the Philadelphia experiment! :~)
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I have an earlier aegis. Very cool bike. Not the most lively of frames, but it's certainly comfortable. Please post pics when you get it.
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Good looking bike, can you tell me what stem and handlebar are on there? Do you think the shifters were originally where yours are? Thanks
05-11-13, 09:34 PM
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That is one of the weirdest modifications I've ever seen before. It's weird because good shift and brake levers for flat bars are so plentiful and cheap.
That's definitely an unusual and beautiful part of the country. I lived just off Tramway for a couple years and while I hated the goatheads, I loved riding there.
That's definitely an unusual and beautiful part of the country. I lived just off Tramway for a couple years and while I hated the goatheads, I loved riding there.
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That is one of the weirdest modifications I've ever seen before. It's weird because good shift and brake levers for flat bars are so plentiful and cheap.
That's definitely an unusual and beautiful part of the country. I lived just off Tramway for a couple years and while I hated the goatheads, I loved riding there.
That's definitely an unusual and beautiful part of the country. I lived just off Tramway for a couple years and while I hated the goatheads, I loved riding there.
05-11-13, 10:04 PM
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The only bike I bought there was 45 years old and had some pretty rough flaking chrome and rust, but I suspect it lived in several places since it was originally sold in Los Angeles based on the shop sticker. I actually bought it at a swap last spring downtown, not the one at Sports Systems store in the NE heights, where I bought some more goodies last year, too. It took a lot of restraint to leave that one with only a wheel and some brake levers!
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No white garage doors in Santa Fe. Stucco. I miss NM. Here in NY Hatch Chili comes in a can labeled Old El Paso.
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I think you're half right- it did have Sti shifters originally, but they would have been 600 and certainly not the sora that are on there.
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Aegis frames were not sold as complete bikes, in most cases. They were/are mainly a defense contractor that happens to know a lot about carbon fiber layup. I think, early on, Aegis would build the frame with what you asked for. I've not seen one ever delivered as a complete bike, but coming across an Aegis is a rare occurrence, and I simply wouldn't know. The rider I know with 4 of them bought them all as frames.
That is a very odd setup, but I've seen the same type of thing done to early Kestrels; it's a good indicator that the frame was something they wanted to keep, almost "no matter what."
The OP's frame was right at the beginning of the time when Aegis began to really go for aero on the fork and stays. Their later models are darn near winged in those areas.
Ithadan hit it right on the money: not the most agile, but they have a very solid footprint, almost like they did 100% of their wind tunnel testing on a trainer, definitely in a straight line, and decided on stability over agility. Really good frames, though, and they tend to last and last and last and last....would be an ideal frame for RAGBRAI
That is a very odd setup, but I've seen the same type of thing done to early Kestrels; it's a good indicator that the frame was something they wanted to keep, almost "no matter what."
The OP's frame was right at the beginning of the time when Aegis began to really go for aero on the fork and stays. Their later models are darn near winged in those areas.
Ithadan hit it right on the money: not the most agile, but they have a very solid footprint, almost like they did 100% of their wind tunnel testing on a trainer, definitely in a straight line, and decided on stability over agility. Really good frames, though, and they tend to last and last and last and last....would be an ideal frame for RAGBRAI
