Picture of Your Favorite Vintage Time Trial Bicycles and Why!
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1988 age graded nationals south of Salt Lake City in the desert. Tanking up with water before the start
On my way on the 40k ride
Finishing up 40k ! Hr 1 min
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Not to hard to spot @VintageTTfan , look at that crank arm . Never seen that before !
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I don't know if I should be bothered by this , but being all aero and everything why don't they route the cables in a proper manner . I mean even I could figure that one out .
IMG_0012 by mark westi, on Flickr
IMG_0012 by mark westi, on Flickr
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This is one of the very coolest posts on this thread in my not so humble opinion. What makes it so great is that it is very personal pictures of a real event from that time period. Pictures like these are sooooo hard to find. Thank you so much for sharing the experience with us. You are riding a Nishiki Linear I know. It must have been hot as hell in Utah that day. Can you tell us a bit more about your experience that day and what it was like riding that bike in a race?
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VintageTTfan, you probably have seen it already, but in case you haven't, there's a lot of info about '50s TT racing in the UK at Dave Moulton's great blog.
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TTfan , I to love the shape of the old velodrome handle bars particularly the NJS Nittos not to mention the death drop Nitto Jaguar stem . Funny story , when I went to get my track cert (different bike same bars) the teacher did not like the death drop Jag stem and he made me change it . I was not happy with that , but I wanted that cert . So I did it . Changed it right back when I got the cert .
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But we’re getting away from time trial machines, yeah?
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Soren Son from Gold Coast, Australia
https://youtu.be/-q2hs29Pwc8
It’s actually for sale at the moment.
https://youtu.be/-q2hs29Pwc8
It’s actually for sale at the moment.
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Hmmm...I'm noticing a bit of gender imbalance in this thread.
Rebecca Twigg
Leontien van Moorsel
Beryl Burton
And Australian Kathy Watt
Rebecca Twigg
Leontien van Moorsel
Beryl Burton
And Australian Kathy Watt
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Project 96 GT
Still fast AF
Still fast AF
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Cross winds much?
Cross winds much?
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Everyone that I know that rode one, said it is crazy fast.
Everyone that I know that rode one, said it is crazy fast.
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My 1979 Shorter (by Barry Chick)
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ipernity: 1979 Shorter (Barry Chick) TT by Peter Kohler
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ipernity: 1979 Shorter (Barry Chick) TT by Peter Kohler
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Other manufacturers had a crack at it away from the TT discipline. Biomega was a well known one.
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The big appeal of this machine is it's a Barry Chick built frame... he was one of the top six time trial frame builders in the UK during the glory days of the late 1970s-early 80s. And, of course, famous for building the frames for Alf Engers. You can't get a better pedigree for a time trial frame than Shorter/Chick/Engers!
The colour scheme gave me pause when I bought this, thinking it was some repaint. But it seems perfectly and entirely original and quite striking. A beautiful machine. I just wish there were more time trial friendly routes where I live to ride it more.
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My other classic era British time trial machine.... a 1969 Geo. W. Stratton by the famous framebuilder Bill Gray.
This is an exceptional frame with special reinforcements at the bottom bracket and astonishing stiff and straight as a die for so large a frame (25" c-t). One of those rare true custom made frames that bought second hand feels like it was made just for me in how it fits and rides. The workmanship is first class and shows off with its very basic understated "British Standard Sky Blue" unadorned paint work.
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This is an exceptional frame with special reinforcements at the bottom bracket and astonishing stiff and straight as a die for so large a frame (25" c-t). One of those rare true custom made frames that bought second hand feels like it was made just for me in how it fits and rides. The workmanship is first class and shows off with its very basic understated "British Standard Sky Blue" unadorned paint work.
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Not a picture, but a comment.
Having just ridden my first Senior Games time trial I learned two things; there is no tech inspection, and my normalized power over the course was nearly that of the fastest guy, yet I finished fourth.
This means I absolutely must find some crazy cool lo-pro bike for next year.
Having just ridden my first Senior Games time trial I learned two things; there is no tech inspection, and my normalized power over the course was nearly that of the fastest guy, yet I finished fourth.
This means I absolutely must find some crazy cool lo-pro bike for next year.
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A Pieroni with PMP cranks , and stuff .
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In any oldtimer competition very hard to imagine a referee would be a stickler on this one. Will work better on a flat TT.
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