Go Back  Bike Forums > Bike Forums > Classic & Vintage
Reload this Page >

It's Orange Bike Month

Notices
Classic & Vintage This forum is to discuss the many aspects of classic and vintage bicycles, including musclebikes, lightweights, middleweights, hi-wheelers, bone-shakers, safety bikes and much more.

It's Orange Bike Month

Old 11-15-17, 12:21 AM
  #76  
jpaschall
Senior Member
 
jpaschall's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Memphis, TN
Posts: 925

Bikes: 1982 Trek 613, 1988 Panasonic MC 2500, 1981 Schwinn Super Sport, 1975 Raleigh Super Course MKII, 1985 Miyata 210

Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 178 Post(s)
Likes: 0
Liked 5 Times in 4 Posts
Just got this today, and it won't be mine long, but it is orange, and pretty cool IMO:


Battaglin by Joshua Paschall, on Flickr
jpaschall is offline  
Likes For jpaschall:
Old 11-15-17, 12:24 AM
  #77  
merziac
Senior Member
 
merziac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PDX
Posts: 14,101

Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2

Mentioned: 267 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4494 Post(s)
Liked 6,300 Times in 3,633 Posts
An Orangecycle, yum!


Originally Posted by jpaschall
Just got this today, and it won't be mine long, but it is orange, and pretty cool IMO:


Battaglin by Joshua Paschall, on Flickr
merziac is offline  
Old 11-15-17, 09:32 AM
  #78  
3speedslow
Senior Member
 
3speedslow's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Jacksonville, NC
Posts: 9,339

Bikes: A few

Mentioned: 117 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1937 Post(s)
Liked 1,043 Times in 627 Posts
Schwinn Le Tour II 77'
Attached Images
File Type: jpg
image.jpg (1,004.8 KB, 575 views)
3speedslow is offline  
Old 11-15-17, 10:52 AM
  #79  
raverson
Senior Member
 
raverson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: beautiful Chehalis, Wa. 98532
Posts: 1,414
Mentioned: 1 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 17 Post(s)
Liked 10 Times in 7 Posts
!973 Schwinn Continental in Sunset Orange.

As fate would have it, quite the contrast between Schwinn of 1973 and Schwinn of 1977.

__________________
your ticket is at will call
raverson is offline  
Old 11-15-17, 08:23 PM
  #80  
markwesti
Senior Member
 
markwesti's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Seal Beach Ca. On the right , next to Long Beach
Posts: 1,825

Bikes: 86' Centurion Ironman

Mentioned: 72 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 628 Post(s)
Liked 314 Times in 175 Posts
Nishiki Altron (frame) Vitus (fork) the rest mainly Shimano 600 / Dura ace .

DSCF2478 by mark westi, on Flickr
DSCF2493 by mark westi, on Flickr

Last edited by markwesti; 11-15-17 at 08:28 PM.
markwesti is offline  
Old 10-01-20, 12:29 PM
  #81  
noglider 
aka Tom Reingold
 
noglider's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,691

Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem

Mentioned: 510 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 7287 Post(s)
Liked 2,365 Times in 1,382 Posts
Wake up, October. Where are the orange bikes?
__________________
Tom Reingold, tom@noglider.com
New York City and High Falls, NY
Blogs: The Experienced Cyclist; noglider's ride blog

“When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments.” — Elizabeth West, US author

Please email me rather than PM'ing me. Thanks.
noglider is offline  
Old 10-01-20, 01:17 PM
  #82  
Roger M
Banned.
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Snohomish, WA.
Posts: 2,997
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 469 Post(s)
Liked 2,441 Times in 646 Posts
I've never owned an orange bike, until this summer.


Last edited by Roger M; 10-01-20 at 01:35 PM. Reason: ad text
Roger M is offline  
Likes For Roger M:
Old 10-01-20, 01:38 PM
  #83  
merziac
Senior Member
 
merziac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PDX
Posts: 14,101

Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2

Mentioned: 267 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4494 Post(s)
Liked 6,300 Times in 3,633 Posts
One of ten or so according to Jim.




merziac is offline  
Old 10-01-20, 01:40 PM
  #84  
merziac
Senior Member
 
merziac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PDX
Posts: 14,101

Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2

Mentioned: 267 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4494 Post(s)
Liked 6,300 Times in 3,633 Posts
Originally Posted by noglider
Wake up, October. Where are the orange bikes?
Looks like we hit the snooze button after 17.
merziac is offline  
Likes For merziac:
Old 10-01-20, 01:49 PM
  #85  
merziac
Senior Member
 
merziac's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: PDX
Posts: 14,101

Bikes: Merz x 5 + Specialized Merz Allez x 2, Strawberry/Newlands/DiNucci/Ti x3, Gordon, Fuso/Moulton x2, Bornstein, Paisley,1958-74 Paramounts x3, 3rensho, 74 Moto TC, 73-78 Raleigh Pro's x5, Marinoni x2, 1960 Cinelli SC, 1980 Bianchi SC, PX-10 X 2

Mentioned: 267 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 4494 Post(s)
Liked 6,300 Times in 3,633 Posts
I still have this frame and it is still languishing.

Here's the pic of obrentharris's stunning resto, again.

merziac is offline  
Old 10-01-20, 06:43 PM
  #86  
Kabuki12
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 3,405
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 863 Post(s)
Liked 2,226 Times in 1,249 Posts



My first orange bike. I call it Halloween!
Kabuki12 is offline  
Old 10-01-20, 07:00 PM
  #87  
steelbikeguy
Senior Member
 
steelbikeguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 4,450
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1820 Post(s)
Liked 3,330 Times in 1,564 Posts
I've posted my orange Borthwick previously, but since then I've tried wrapping the bars in the harlequin pattern using black and orange Tressostar tape.
Turns out that it's not easy to get that diamond pattern to work on the curves! Oh well, I'm sure that I can take another shot at it in a few years. I'm thinking I'll go with black and brown tape then. The orange tape fades too fast, and the mismatch with the paint is a bit annoying.



Steve in Peoria
steelbikeguy is offline  
Likes For steelbikeguy:
Old 10-01-20, 07:20 PM
  #88  
Pompiere
Senior Member
 
Pompiere's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: NW Ohio
Posts: 3,426

Bikes: 1984 Miyata 310, 1986 Schwinn Sierra, 2011 Jamis Quest, 1980 Peugeot TH8 Tandem, 1992 Performance Parabola, 1987 Ross Mt. Hood, 1988 Schwinn LeTour, 1988 Trek 400T, 1981 Fuji S12-S LTD, 197? FW Evans

Mentioned: 24 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 522 Post(s)
Liked 943 Times in 495 Posts
My first ten speed was a Kabuki, so when I found this one, I had to have it. I've shown this bike before, but in different configurations. This one is closer to original except for the crankset and alloy wheels. With good tires, it actually rides pretty nice.


1970s Kabuki Super Speed
Pompiere is offline  
Old 10-01-20, 07:53 PM
  #89  
thinktubes 
weapons-grade bolognium
 
thinktubes's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Across the street from Chicago
Posts: 6,335

Bikes: Battaglin Cromor, Ciocc Designer 84, Schwinn Superior 1981

Mentioned: 44 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 984 Post(s)
Liked 2,353 Times in 882 Posts
thinktubes is offline  
Likes For thinktubes:
Old 10-01-20, 09:00 PM
  #90  
bg18947
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: North Jersey
Posts: 33

Bikes: 72 Iverson Drag Stripper, 81 Raleigh Super Course, 82 Appel 531, 82 Falcon 753, 83 Pinarello Record SL, 85 Strawberry SL, 97 Cannondale F1000

Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 10 Post(s)
Liked 17 Times in 12 Posts
97 Cannondale F1000 in Mango

Tuned up, washed and waxed.
bg18947 is offline  
Likes For bg18947:
Old 10-01-20, 11:16 PM
  #91  
malcala622
Senior Member
 
malcala622's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Pico Rivera, CA
Posts: 4,308

Bikes: 1983 Basso Gap...2013 Colnago CX-1...2015 Bianchi Intenso

Mentioned: 89 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1192 Post(s)
Liked 1,327 Times in 708 Posts
malcala622 is offline  
Likes For malcala622:
Old 10-02-20, 07:41 AM
  #92  
Andy Antipas 
Full Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Durango, CO
Posts: 492

Bikes: too many old steel bikes

Mentioned: 73 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 136 Post(s)
Liked 921 Times in 174 Posts
1973 Colnago Eddy Merckx Molteni

Andy Antipas is offline  
Old 10-02-20, 04:04 PM
  #93  
aceves 
Full Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Northern Cal
Posts: 258

Bikes: Lots, mostly Bianchi

Mentioned: 12 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 58 Post(s)
Liked 112 Times in 55 Posts
I have posted this bike before - in a build thread - but here it is again. One of my favs.

aceves



Last edited by aceves; 10-02-20 at 04:08 PM.
aceves is offline  
Old 10-02-20, 05:14 PM
  #94  
jjames1452 
Senior Member
 
jjames1452's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 1,398

Bikes: Trek 720, Trek 620, Trek 520, Steel Schwinns, AD Puch, Kona, Nishiki Pro, All City Disc Spacehorse, Waterford

Mentioned: 19 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 151 Post(s)
Liked 101 Times in 52 Posts
Kona Kapu

jjames1452 is offline  
Likes For jjames1452:
Old 10-02-20, 05:18 PM
  #95  
Chuckk
Groupetto Dragon-Ass
 
Chuckk's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lostin Austin, TX
Posts: 602
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 412 Post(s)
Liked 762 Times in 363 Posts
Used to be a lot easier to find orange bikes! I've had both these for about 30 years.

~1969 Dawes Galaxy


1972 Eddy Merckx by Falcon
Chuckk is offline  
Likes For Chuckk:
Old 10-02-20, 05:42 PM
  #96  
Paul J
Senior Member
 
Paul J's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Upstate South Carolina
Posts: 1,091

Bikes: 1980's Spectrum 10 sp Campagnolo Centaur, 1990 Eddy Merckx 10 sp Campagnolo Centaur, Bushnell Tandem, Co-Motion Speedster Tandem

Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 185 Post(s)
Liked 100 Times in 63 Posts
Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
I've posted my orange Borthwick previously, but since then I've tried wrapping the bars in the harlequin pattern using black and orange Tressostar tape.
Turns out that it's not easy to get that diamond pattern to work on the curves! Oh well, I'm sure that I can take another shot at it in a few years. I'm thinking I'll go with black and brown tape then. The orange tape fades too fast, and the mismatch with the paint is a bit annoying.



Steve in Peoria
Nice, I had one of Gordon's first 10 frames. Regretted selling that one.
Paul J is offline  
Old 10-02-20, 06:04 PM
  #97  
clubman 
Phyllo-buster
 
clubman's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Nova Scotia
Posts: 8,831

Bikes: roadsters, club bikes, fixed and classic

Mentioned: 133 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 2287 Post(s)
Liked 2,031 Times in 1,245 Posts
Can't believe I missed this post. SO for the 15th time...Centurion track.

clubman is offline  
Likes For clubman:
Old 10-02-20, 06:04 PM
  #98  
steelbikeguy
Senior Member
 
steelbikeguy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Peoria, IL
Posts: 4,450
Mentioned: 86 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 1820 Post(s)
Liked 3,330 Times in 1,564 Posts
Originally Posted by Paul J
Nice, I had one of Gordon's first 10 frames. Regretted selling that one.
I'd be interested in hearing a bit more about that.

I was up in Ames visiting a friend and stopped in at one of the shops (not Micheals or Nims...) and mentioned that I was looking around for something to replace my well used Raleigh Gran Sport. It had a habit of shimmying on downhills, so I was looking for something more solid. The shop owner happened to have a frame built by Gordon B. and sent one of the staff to his home to fetch it. He let me do a quick test ride, and it was solid! Gordon was fond of using a large downtube to get rid of any flex (and it might have been a heavier gauge too). As you probably know, tandems were Gordon's main focus, which meant that he was used to tinkering with large tubes.

The shop owner gave me Gordon's contact info, I talked to him, visited and got fitted, and ended up with the frame shown in my post. This was in 1989, and the frame was his 33rd single frame. Not sure how many tandems he built.
In retrospect... the shimmy issue could probably have been solved in a different way. Oh well.
This frame has about 55,000 miles on it now and is still fine.

Gordon's work was largely taken over by Dave Huff. Dave did repaint my frame about 10 years ago, as well as spread the rear end from 126 to 130, and do a little work to provide more tire clearance under the fork.
edit: Dave also fixed the seat post binder ears that were bending inwards. That was an issue from the early days of the frame.
I think Gordon got into model trains, which seems perfect for a retired mechanical engineer.

Steve in Peoria

Last edited by steelbikeguy; 10-02-20 at 06:08 PM.
steelbikeguy is offline  
Old 10-02-20, 07:46 PM
  #99  
Paul J
Senior Member
 
Paul J's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Upstate South Carolina
Posts: 1,091

Bikes: 1980's Spectrum 10 sp Campagnolo Centaur, 1990 Eddy Merckx 10 sp Campagnolo Centaur, Bushnell Tandem, Co-Motion Speedster Tandem

Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 185 Post(s)
Liked 100 Times in 63 Posts
Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
I'd be interested in hearing a bit more about that.

I was up in Ames visiting a friend and stopped in at one of the shops (not Micheals or Nims...) and mentioned that I was looking around for something to replace my well used Raleigh Gran Sport. It had a habit of shimmying on downhills, so I was looking for something more solid. The shop owner happened to have a frame built by Gordon B. and sent one of the staff to his home to fetch it. He let me do a quick test ride, and it was solid! Gordon was fond of using a large downtube to get rid of any flex (and it might have been a heavier gauge too). As you probably know, tandems were Gordon's main focus, which meant that he was used to tinkering with large tubes.

The shop owner gave me Gordon's contact info, I talked to him, visited and got fitted, and ended up with the frame shown in my post. This was in 1989, and the frame was his 33rd single frame. Not sure how many tandems he built.
In retrospect... the shimmy issue could probably have been solved in a different way. Oh well.
This frame has about 55,000 miles on it now and is still fine.

Gordon's work was largely taken over by Dave Huff. Dave did repaint my frame about 10 years ago, as well as spread the rear end from 126 to 130, and do a little work to provide more tire clearance under the fork.
edit: Dave also fixed the seat post binder ears that were bending inwards. That was an issue from the early days of the frame.
I think Gordon got into model trains, which seems perfect for a retired mechanical engineer.

Steve in Peoria
My frame was built in 1981. I had it built as a sports touring frame. At that time you had to find your own painter. We built it for 27" wheels which I thought would be better for a tour I had planned. It was built with first generation Durace. I regretted pretty quickly and would have liked 700c better. I rode it on RAGBRAI in 1982 and it performed really well. If it would have had 700c I would have loved the bike, that sort of put me off on the bike so traded it at Michael's for a Strawberry frameset that had belonged to John Karras who is one of the founders for RAGBRAI. I then have ridden racing bikes pretty much since.
Paul J is offline  
Old 10-02-20, 08:17 PM
  #100  
Kabuki12
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 3,405
Mentioned: 33 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
Quoted: 863 Post(s)
Liked 2,226 Times in 1,249 Posts
Originally Posted by steelbikeguy
I've posted my orange Borthwick previously, but since then I've tried wrapping the bars in the harlequin pattern using black and orange Tressostar tape.
Turns out that it's not easy to get that diamond pattern to work on the curves! Oh well, I'm sure that I can take another shot at it in a few years. I'm thinking I'll go with black and brown tape then. The orange tape fades too fast, and the mismatch with the paint is a bit annoying.



Steve in Peoria
looks like my Halloween bike has a friend! I tried that wrap on my Raleigh and stopped at the brake levers , then went solid black. It is a bit tougher than it looks.
Kabuki12 is offline  

Thread Tools
Search this Thread

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.