I traded up to a Repco Victory Tri-A in 1988. (cromoly 3 main tubes......cool!) 12-speed and QR front and rear wheels. Wicked 80s smoky green-to-white fade paintjob.

Still had the uber-dorky pannier mounting holes on the dropouts and forks, though.

I 'stole' my first bike off my older brother who had just bought a bennet 10 speed. It was a Speedco SS (42/17 I think) with rusty buckled wheels and a leather seat that eventually wore down to the frame at the front. I got pulled over three times for 'speeding' down scenic drive on that thing :D Those were the days [sigh]

have you guys seen my legendary 531 Raleigh?

80,000+km, and still goin' strong.

I put all my fancy stuff on it, and I can't tell much diffence between it and the Cervelo

http://vmartin.bigpondhosting.com/photos/531_three.jpg


http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...light=upgrades

Much flex about the BB?

we're not gunna have this argument again, are we? ;)

the answer is 'no'.......well, none more than it had when I first bought it

not even doing your 10 x 1500m strength efforts in the Warrandyte hills in the 53x13 twice a week???

I can't do them not no more -- maybe I should. I think i've said before, I used to do the
"Wheelers Hill Wall", from the pub, around to the Police Academy, until I was kernackered.

It's not a stiff bike, but it never was.

Well, excewwwwwz me! It's hardly my fault if you have so much bling and fancy gear that all your bikes are starting to blend into an amorphous mass now is it?

Whats wrong with Veloce?
Its working beautifully on my bike!

From the bottom of the hill in Knox (?) up to the top where the pub is on FTG Rd used to be great for in the saddle efforts. Especially if you had 150kms of Dandenongs/Yarra Valley "goodness" in the legs already.

Yeah, Scoresby, then up to the pub. Absolute murder after a hard day in the Dandenongs, but my "hard day" was more like 80kms.

Used to go over the 1 in 20, come back that way then race at VFL Park.

Makes it hard to close the gap to an anorexic Caxdel Evans in the howling crosswinds they get out there when the legs had cried enough 20kms ago....

In that case they would have given it to me, then taken it back. :eek:



Don't be so hard on yourself.

[edit] Courier brought me a shiny black Silca Pista today. If anyone's interested, PM or email me.

There's nothing much wrong with the way the groupset operates, it's just heavy as is all.

I've still got my '87 MS

that takes me back. :D.

What goin on with those handlebars? They look freaky.

They're the "Rick James" model.

Where's Snoop?

They're early 'cow horn' aero, cut down drops.

They look comfy enough for hood riding, but it looks like you would have to move your whole body forward 4"-6" to unstraighten your arms enough to get a decent braking grip. :eek: Although I'm sure it couldn't be that bad in practise, could it?

The seat looks mighty comfy tho... 1984 Concor by any chance?

I'm with you munchie...Give me down hill, down wind any day!!

Hahaha. There's nothing better. :D

Funnily enuf I had a top day on an undulating course yesterday, 20 minute intervals no less, and it was one of those spectacular "on" days where everything felt brilliant. Even the undulations. I wish every tough ride was like that. :)

someone has put their Malvern Star on Weight Weeinies :) 2571g !!
http://weightweenies.starbike.com/li...ype=roadframes

ROFLMAO, that's a positively porky result!!! Maybe they meant to put it on Weighty Weeners :D