Performance Fall/Winter 1985-86
10-05-20, 11:44 AM
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Performance Fall/Winter 1985-86
For your viewing pleasure!
Many fond memories looking at these pages.
Many fond memories looking at these pages.
10-05-20, 12:08 PM
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Thanks for sharing. I knew they had decent house brand frames, but I had no idea they offered an Italian built sport tourer with Columbus SL. Very cool!
10-05-20, 12:27 PM
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Although I might need to learn a little more Italian.
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10-05-20, 12:33 PM
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Edit: straight from the Performance blog, it's BMZ! https://performancebikeblog.wordpres...ance-campione/
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I remember that exact catalog and all of the choices you had for packages. I dreamed of getting one built up...
$14/wheel for custom!
$14/wheel for custom!
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I remember ordering water bottles and possibly bottle cages maybe even a tee shirt from Performance. I could not afford any of the nice parts or frames. They were all the stuff of dreams back then. In 1986 I was a sophomore in college. My bike was a 1982 Panasonic dx 2000 with a hodgepodge of Shimano 600 and other stuff. It had rattle can yellow paint and Elvis faces all over. I road thousands of miles an had great fun.
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10-05-20, 03:18 PM
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Thanks a ton (tonne?) for posting this. I remember that catalog quite well! (at least I think I do!).
If you ever get around to being able to post pics/scans of the other pages, that would be most excellent! But please don't take that for being ungrateful for what you've already posted.
Very cool memory lane trip.
If you ever get around to being able to post pics/scans of the other pages, that would be most excellent! But please don't take that for being ungrateful for what you've already posted.
Very cool memory lane trip.
10-05-20, 04:33 PM
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Thank you!
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The Performance branded Campione frameset made with SL tubing costs $845 now with inflation.
Wow thats a heck of a deal back then based on inflation.
A 57cm frame and fork weighing 2525g means the frame was around 1850g which is quite good at that size.
Man, just a really solid offering.
Wow thats a heck of a deal back then based on inflation.
A 57cm frame and fork weighing 2525g means the frame was around 1850g which is quite good at that size.
Man, just a really solid offering.
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I loved pouring over the catalogs every year. So much dreaming on those pages. Thanks for the time machine ride
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One of the models in that catalog was a regular customer of mine at the bike shop in NYC.
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Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Is the Performance Superbe in this catalog by any chance? It's shown on the cover, but I've seen that photo in another scan so it might have been reused from an earlier catalog.
Is the Performance Superbe in this catalog by any chance? It's shown on the cover, but I've seen that photo in another scan so it might have been reused from an earlier catalog.
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