It IS interesting. Sometime, in the 90's I think, many manufacturers changed their sizing to reflect Supersized Americans.
I noticed this in T shirts especially. You would think a measurements in waist, in inches, would be, well ...in inches.

Well at least those stems certainly look right on bikes with Unicrown style forks.....:rolleyes:

I agree completely and have noticed this with both shirts and pants! In high school I weighed 150 lb and wore 32s. They fit tightly (it was the 80s after all). Today I weigh 162 and I wear 32s if not 31s. They fit normally.

I often joke about polyester shrinking when I pull out my old winter weight Army uniforms that I was issued in 1987.

About the Cannondale shorts- It kind of sucks in that there were larger sizes available- they were BRAND NEW in the bag. I opted for the 32 instead of the 34.

Would you believe f/5?? 100mm Macro on my Canon XSi

Another view of the Cyclone GT:

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More RDs
 

How about a few more rear derailleurs. From my pilfering today......

J

My favorite from your bunch is the Cyclone MkII RD!
Had one on my bike back inthe 80's and just really loved the way it shifted.
One day, I swear I'll eventually find an NOS one for my stash to use on a future project bike!

I would believe it. Longer focal length lens and the closer you get.....
Those are neat shots, J.

Yeah. Those two Suntours are beauties. And the NR pair look like fine jewelry.

Pilfering TODAY? Those all look brand new! What'd you do? Knock over a vintage bike shop?;)

Also.....
 

....ran across this recent and interesting acquisition.

My home is near the Litespeed factory. Whatever your opinion or thoughts about Litespeed (and the Lynsky brothers, still making bicycles in this town) they did contribute much to the popularity of titanium bikes and components since the late '80s. Every once in a while something interesting from the "story" will show up on local CL.

These pieces were sold to me by a veteran employee, disposing of his private stash. All pieces are from the early 90s and are NOS, never even with decal. Some mountain bike stems and one of the prettiest seat posts I've seen. C&V. All titanium.

J

Chombi, that Mk II - well, both - in the picture is NOS, straight outta the box.

J

Rootboy, I'm just getting reacquainted with the contents of my boxes in a snail-paced lead-up to a big (fantasy) sell-off. One day, I keep telling myself. LOL.

J

Here's a pretty cool, early Jim Blackburn front rack. As comedian Jay Mohr likes to say, "Put your name on it!" I like how it wraps around the fork and mounts to the rear end of the brake bolt. It's going on my newly repainted Nishiki Competition.

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You don't see an Ofmega Premiere around too often. I've had one of those, a Nuovo Record and the Suntour Superbe as well. I think the Superbe was the best of those three myself. Nice pristine looking collection.

The most interesting Ofmega stuff seems to be dwindling at eBay in the last year. Just not too long ago, one would see a few Mistral cranksets for sale at most times, now they are few and far between with the good condition ones getting harder and harder to find and rising up in price exponentially. Replacement NOS chainrings could be close to unobtainium. Same goes of the Mistral aero platform Pedals and the black version of their plastic rear derailleur....but there seems to be always a pink one for sale though!
Havent seen too many Primier RDs too.......except for the one at eBay that understandably had not sold for the nutzoid asking price of $300+. It continues to sit a eBay for about a year now.....

I never did see any in the '80s in my then-Texas neck of the woods either. That's why I put Ofmega parts on my 970 road Trek at the time. It was something different than Campy. Mine was the only Ofmrga group I saw around Dallas, outside a bike shop, actually . The Premiere was actually my second favorite for shifting along with the Shimano 600 EX and favorite for looks. (I never got to play with Campy Record or Dura Ace).

I'm surprised Ofmega even sold any of the plastic ones.....eeewww

Well I just got this one in the mail today for a winter build. My coworker (who used to work for a Schwinn shop) kids me for "building around a derailleur instead of a frameset" but I can't afford the Bianchi Dolomiti frameset just yet so this is both motivation and commitment. Setting it up over an 8 speed Shimano Cassette setup with friction shifters.
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A '90s Campy Chorus. The only thing I got clean enough to show off so far. 'Xcuse the cellphone photo.

Campagnolo Euclid


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Hi, from Spain:
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the best components ever, bye

First generation Vittoria Margherita

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Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!

I dig this. What are you going to put it on?

Custom built frame.

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Weyless hubs. I raced on these back in the day. I still have wheels built with them collecting dust and spiderwebs. Don't have any use for them now.

Really cool components and story!