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Zunow Show
Show them if you got one or had one.
Also please post the Serial number and build date if you know.
Here is mine
Serial number 298
IMG_20180918_163801056 by Bwilli88, on Flickr
Built with 5500 series Shimano 105.
49x46 up front and 9 speed 12-36 in the back.
My Zunow by Bwilli88, on Flickr
it just wants to go fast.
IMG_20190215_152109180 by Bwilli88, on Flickr
Also please post the Serial number and build date if you know.
Here is mine
Serial number 298
IMG_20180918_163801056 by Bwilli88, on Flickr
Built with 5500 series Shimano 105.
49x46 up front and 9 speed 12-36 in the back.
My Zunow by Bwilli88, on Flickr
it just wants to go fast.
IMG_20190215_152109180 by Bwilli88, on Flickr
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here is mine: looks good from here - up close the paint is a bit trashed: not sure s# or date- its built up modern as it came with sort of a hodgepodge.
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heh. this is what happens when you start a show your bike that only like 5 people on the forum have: short thread. I would like to find an early one like you have: A guy in SF has one at a shop, but its a 56, and no matter what I tell myself, that is just too dang small for me. As I recall its blue just like yours-
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The first two photos are of my Di Picce. The next three are of a bike I saw on the street.
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Zunow Di Picce by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow Di Picce by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow (seen on the street) by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow (seen on the street) by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow (seen on the street) by djk762, on Flickr
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Zunow Di Picce by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow Di Picce by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow (seen on the street) by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow (seen on the street) by djk762, on Flickr
Zunow (seen on the street) by djk762, on Flickr
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Zunow Z-1 2439
I wanted to post this in case the new owner might recognize this frame. I sold this on eBay disclosing a crack in the seat cluster lug, and some time later I saw this bike on eBay without any mention of this damage while the crack was crudely painted over. I don't think the damage is a big deal but should keep an eye on it.
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Some of you may have seen this bike a gazillion times already, But it is still a Zunow in Centurion Ironman Clothing
1988 Centurion Ironman Master (Team Frame made by Zunow for Centurion.) (I will eventually get good pics when i get the frame done)
1988 Centurion Ironman Master (Team Frame made by Zunow for Centurion.) (I will eventually get good pics when i get the frame done)
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Zunow Hummingbirds 1989
Two more - designed by Zunow. The serial number of the first bike is M9P5020 which matches the format of Miki manufactured bike according to @T-Mar guide. The second one (M9P5009) was a single speed conversion and spray painted in gray by previous owner. I removed the gray paint, and contemplating on what to do.
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So-Ichiro, where do I find the T-Mar guide?
Thanks,
Jim H
Las Vegas
Thanks,
Jim H
Las Vegas
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This one: https://www.bikeforums.net/classic-v...ber-guide.html
There is no decoding guide for Zunow. My Hummingbirds serial resembled that of Miki, but that's just a guess.
There is no decoding guide for Zunow. My Hummingbirds serial resembled that of Miki, but that's just a guess.
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Thank you So-Ichiro. To bad Zunow not listed.
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so-ichiro
Good on ya for outing that here but I don't think we have seen it here so there's no telling where it's floating around at.
Hopefully the buyer had efbay make it right but we will probably never know.
Good on ya for outing that here but I don't think we have seen it here so there's no telling where it's floating around at.
Hopefully the buyer had efbay make it right but we will probably never know.
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I wanted to post this in case the new owner might recognize this frame. I sold this on eBay disclosing a crack in the seat cluster lug, and some time later I saw this bike on eBay without any mention of this damage while the crack was crudely painted over. I don't think the damage is a big deal but should keep an eye on it.
Around 10 years ago I bought my first "nice" bike off ebay- If I really knew what I had been doing and what to look out for, I would have stayed away from it. But I was a n00b and all excited- there was a crack most of the way around the seat lug around one of the stays. It had been spray painted over- with overspray on the housing and components around there.
For someone to attempt to disguise damage like that is really, really low.
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Wow really amazing bicycles here! Beautiful.
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so cool, so cool!
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WHAAAA?! After being obsessed with all things Zunow for many years, I love that I have just learned a new fact about them! I had no idea they built for Centurion. That is fascinating and I would love to know more. Can anyone fill me in on this? What years was Centurion contracting out to Zunow? Which models were built by them? Were they available in the USA market?
so cool, so cool!
so cool, so cool!
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Hmmmmmmmmm, this Centurion angle is really interesting.
I have always loved the look of the teal ones
What are the tells?
All Master framesets or.....?
I have always loved the look of the teal ones
What are the tells?
All Master framesets or.....?
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According to Dave Scott all of the Steel Race Bikes that him and Mike Pigg raced on were Zunow's. this would have been between 1984-1986 for Dave and 1988 for Mike. After that Dave went to Carbon in 1987 and Mike went to Carbon in 1989. They were not production models only built for Dave and Mike. The Womens race team used Facets which were Aluminum.
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