Yup. I think Grant P. would approve.

Very nice, MF.

Nice bike, mariner! I wish I had the time to work on an old lugged frame.

Anyways more pics of my bike, not much of a commuter yet, but I'll get a rack soon.(click for bigger pics)

Heres my first bike. 94 GT tequesta. I replaced my wheels, cassette, and chainrings. Onza brakes from back in the day. Soon to be turned into an xtracycle.

Beautiful bike!

Here's mine. It's seen some rough times, and isn't as shiny, but it rides awesome...


I got it used for $150 sans pedals at a bike swap in '95 I think.


Pretty much all orig. Shimano 600.


That white scratch on the head badge is from when I had it on top of my old car, and I stupidly drove under one of those parking lot height bars. Anyway, the handlebars grappled the bar, and utlimately took of the entire rack and bike off my car with 4 super loud snaps (the clips snapping off the roof of the car). I look behind me and the bike is swinging with the rack still attached to it. I felt pretty stupid. Cool thing is that the bike other than the scratch on the head tube and some bent handlebars is just fine, and still rides like a champ. Go Trek.

Mine was pretty rough when I got it. Wish I would have taken a "before" picture. I posted a thread about the build in the Classic section..https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/198594-1985-trek-520-done-now.html

Adam, I'm glad your bike survived the encounter with the parking lot bars!

Me too. I was just amazed by what a tough bike it is. I wish I had a camera to document the occasion.

The newest addition to my collection - the bike that will become my commuter and possible light touring bike. Purchased this bike locally from a gentleman who commonly sells vintage bikes on craigslist and ebay that he finds at estate sales here in Dallas.

If the headbadge stamping is to believed it is a 1986 Schwinn Passage with Columbus Tenax tubes. Rack and fender mounts on both front and rear dropouts and seat stays. Three water bottle mounts and nice long chain stays. Headbadge is a Schwinn Chicago version stamped 0236. The serial number I located under the BB shell: SJ598388

The guys over in C&V have suggested that this is probably either a Mississippi made Schwinn or perhaps a Bridgestone import. Either way it should be a great ride, especially with everything I have planned for it.

The componet group is interesting to say the least and most certainly mixed:

Shimano Light Action long cage rear derailleur
SunTour XC Sport triple front derailleur
Sakae CX triple crank w/ 50/46/? chain rings
Sachs downtube shifters
DiaCompe brakes
Wheels have Belgium made Weinmann 27" rims with French made Schwinn Approved hubs.
Saddle is a San Marco
SR takes care of the stem, bars and pedals

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Changes and additions planned:

Fenders and rear rack will be added
7sp 14-28 freewheel on the existing 27" wheels
Kelly Takeoff's to move the shifting from downtube to brake levers.
Dual 20W front lights and a rear blinky wired into a rechargable battery.
SR Road Champion Sakae Randnner handlebar
Shimano 105 SLR Aero Brake Levers to replace the DiaCompes.
General tune up, chain, cables, brake pad replacement
IRC DuroWinner II 27x1 1/4" tires to handle the patches of rougher road on the routes to work.

And of course - pics!











- and you can see my Gazelle (the 'good' bike) hiding in the corner. Currently without a space on the rack till I get my next shipment from Performance.

Full thread started over in C&V on the bike, I'll be posting more photos in this thread as work progresses:
https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-vintage/199684-1986-schwinn-passage-cuda-s-tour-commuter.html

My Langster.

Ha ha, hired two cops to guard your bike Blackmarket?

haha yea, cant go anywhere with out them

Nice cop pic!

Here's my new (used) bent. I'm really enjoying the ride! Just got it last week.

Novara Transfer

Here's my 'round town ride in tour mode. Several modern upgrades but I tried to keep the "look":

Nice ride rpc180.

I see one problem. The blinkie appears to be hidden by the trunk pack.
Why not mount it on the back of the rack?


What's the orange card in the rear wheel spokes?

Yeah, I noticed that too when I first got everything. I used an extra seat stay mount to run it to the back this morning

Good.
BTW: nice avatar.
I have one of these t-shirts. I sometimes get a few "strange" looks.

rpc180 that is a seriously sweet bike setup! I used to have an Accordo also, a 59cm one. It was a great bike until the seat stays cracked. That bike is well setup for touring and commuting. Nice job!

Introducing the latest addition to the family. My wife's Kona Smoke.



And here's a few more pics:

I've heard about the seat stays cracking before on accordos. I think I'm the only owner who's put actual miles on this frame. The miles though long, are usually paved roads. I'm hoping the loaded touring won't kill it! The bike was $45 off ebay, was rideable, but it was a road bike through and through. To get it ready for touring it got a Shimano Deore MTB deraillure, Sugino Touring Triple crank and SIS brake levers.

Orange card is from a bike bar crawl my friends and I did on National Pancake Day

nice commuter sarian

Here is my commutter bike setup:


It is a Bacchetta Giro 26.
I have some new panniers on order so my load setup will change soon.

The bike is leaning against the great bike lockers my employer makes available.

I never saw a recumbent that close before, yours look really cool!

Nice looking ride mozul.
A neighbor rides a recumbent to work. He follows the same route as me - just rides 2 miles farther.

I've been behind him and have seen the view that motorists see and I'd be terrified riding something with that low profile in traffic.