Show us your Vintage Touring bikes
11-16-19, 11:50 AM
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Bikes: Wow, where to start? A collection of 1980's and early 90's road, touring, and MTBs from the likes of Trek, Schwinn, Cannondale, Fuji, Miyata, Univega, Panasonic, and GT. It has gotten rather out of control.
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I finally landed a vintage ST in my size for a good price. Here is my 1987 Cannondale ST400. Needs a new bottom bracket and most likely new front hub bearings, but that is pretty minor stuff.
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11-16-19, 11:00 PM
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Needs mostly a pair of drop bars.
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
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11-16-19, 11:37 PM
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A Gitane Hosteler from about 1968. High tensile steel frame, steel rims, and a steel cottered 3 ring crank. The flamboyant paint is so-so on one side and lousy on the other side. I made it rideable as soon as I got it - and it actually rides very well (it's my size). I broke it down and cleaned lots of parts, and now have it mostly back together. It is in the "when I get around to it" queue now.
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● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
● 1971 Grandis SL ● 1972 Lambert Grand Prix frankenbike ● 1972 Raleigh Super Course fixie ● 1973 Nishiki Semi-Pro ● 1979 Motobecane Grand Jubile ●1980 Apollo "Legnano" ● 1984 Peugeot Vagabond ● 1985 Shogun Prairie Breaker ● 1986 Merckx Super Corsa ● 1987 Schwinn Tempo ● 1988 Schwinn Voyageur ● 1989 Bottechia Team ADR replica ● 1990 Cannondale ST600 ● 1993 Technium RT600 ● 1996 Kona Lava Dome ●
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11-17-19, 11:21 AM
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Thanks for showing the front rack detail @dweenk . I have wondered what may have been installed on my 65 Dilecta LeBlanc. The Dilecta seems to get better with age. I even rode it in a Fondo this year. It came to me as a fixed gear conversion done in the eighties by the previous owner.
11-17-19, 03:57 PM
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Updated Miyata 1000
After my summer trip, I figured my bike could use some upgrades:
- New Brooks honey bar tape
- Tektro Rl340 with gum hoods
- Zefal HP pump
- Panaracer Pasela PT tires 700 x 35c
- Planet Bike Cascadia plastic fenders
- new brake and shifting cables (They haven't been fully set up yet, but it will be done later next week)
I think the bike looks sweet. I can't wait to take it on my next trip through the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Banff next summer.
- New Brooks honey bar tape
- Tektro Rl340 with gum hoods
- Zefal HP pump
- Panaracer Pasela PT tires 700 x 35c
- Planet Bike Cascadia plastic fenders
- new brake and shifting cables (They haven't been fully set up yet, but it will be done later next week)
I think the bike looks sweet. I can't wait to take it on my next trip through the Icefields Parkway from Jasper to Banff next summer.
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11-18-19, 07:34 PM
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Bikes: Wow, where to start? A collection of 1980's and early 90's road, touring, and MTBs from the likes of Trek, Schwinn, Cannondale, Fuji, Miyata, Univega, Panasonic, and GT. It has gotten rather out of control.
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12-11-19, 07:13 AM
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I think that I am going to ride it through the winter and then in the spring update the bike, since I like it so much.
I have been looking around and the triple Campy stuff is not very easy to find, I was thinking maybe it might be easier to go to a 105 or Ultegra triple group, probably the newer 10 speed with the shifter cables coming out the back of the hoods. I know the 9-spee stuff is very cheap nowadays but I really think it would be easier to use a bag up front without the shifter cables coming out the sides of the hoods.
12-17-19, 02:54 PM
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Love the stiff Cannondales for touring. I'd go with barend extensions and thumbies, or drop bars and barend shifters but it's new and you should make it your style.
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12-17-19, 07:16 PM
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WV is not flat..
Here is a photo, I guess it is the superplate?
I think that I am going to ride it through the winter and then in the spring update the bike, since I like it so much.
I have been looking around and the triple Campy stuff is not very easy to find, I was thinking maybe it might be easier to go to a 105 or Ultegra triple group, probably the newer 10 speed with the shifter cables coming out the back of the hoods. I know the 9-spee stuff is very cheap nowadays but I really think it would be easier to use a bag up front without the shifter cables coming out the sides of the hoods.
I think that I am going to ride it through the winter and then in the spring update the bike, since I like it so much.
I have been looking around and the triple Campy stuff is not very easy to find, I was thinking maybe it might be easier to go to a 105 or Ultegra triple group, probably the newer 10 speed with the shifter cables coming out the back of the hoods. I know the 9-spee stuff is very cheap nowadays but I really think it would be easier to use a bag up front without the shifter cables coming out the sides of the hoods.
12-17-19, 07:55 PM
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After some earlier discussion and research on these RD, they can be quite problematic.
12-17-19, 09:13 PM
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Here are bikes I no longer own ....
86 Bianchi Portofino .... I really loved this bike but it was a skosh too large , still it was very nice
78 Motobecane Grand Jubile again too large for me to ride comfortably , but still I loved everything about it but the size.
94 Trek 520 , this one fit me perfectly and I should have kept it ... Next one of these I get is staying in the stable and not leaving.
86 Bianchi Portofino .... I really loved this bike but it was a skosh too large , still it was very nice
78 Motobecane Grand Jubile again too large for me to ride comfortably , but still I loved everything about it but the size.
94 Trek 520 , this one fit me perfectly and I should have kept it ... Next one of these I get is staying in the stable and not leaving.
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12-21-19, 06:54 AM
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My old timers
1947 Sunbeam with Resilion cantilever brakes on the road to London
1933 Raleigh Sports in the pre-dawn sunlight at harvest time
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12-22-19, 06:53 PM
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12-27-19, 06:22 PM
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Bikes: '02 Litespeed, '99 Bianchi Alfana. '91 Fuji Saratoga, '84 Peugeot Canyon Express, '82 Moto GR, '81 Fuji America, '81 Fuji Royale; '78 Bridgestone Diamond Touring, '76 Fuji America, plus many more!
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1978 Motobecane Grand Tourings (Champage Gold and Gun Metal Gray ... the 2 GT colors available in 1978). Probably made within a week of each other.
12-27-19, 09:06 PM
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But I swear, I am seeing these `78s everywhere, now that I've bought my own.
Of course, I can't leave well enough alone. I've just ordered a 650b wheelset, fenders, long-reach brakes, porteur-style handlebar, and reverse brake levers for mine. That initial $60 investment is snowballing already, and this bike is still weeks away from being built. But I've had so much Motobecane GT inspiration lately that I think I'm going to have to reshuffle the order again. This one will be next in the workstand after the Dawes Ranger is finished.
This has been an incredible winter for bike projects so far. After the Ranger and the GT, I've got a Raleigh Portage and a Trek Elance to build up. The GT and Portage will show up on this thread for sure. Not sure yet what I'm going to do with the Elance. One of these days I'm going to have to sell a couple just to make room!
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12-28-19, 05:54 AM
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01-28-20, 02:16 PM
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Current pic of bike in post #14 page 1. 1984 Specialized Expedition. Different from 2007 pic: New tires, bar tape/hoods and Green B-17 Champion
Late October 2018
That special glow at day's end this time of year
Late October 2018
That special glow at day's end this time of year
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01-28-20, 08:29 PM
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Current pic of bike in post #14 page 1. 1984 Specialized Expedition. Different from 2007 pic: New tires, bar tape/hoods and Green B-17 Champion
Late October 2018
That special glow at day's end this time of year
Late October 2018
That special glow at day's end this time of year
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01-29-20, 11:34 AM
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Heads up if you are near Knoxville, TN Univega Gran TOuring for sale https://www.facebook.com/marketplace...8933580270210/
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01-30-20, 07:19 AM
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According to this fellow a Trek 950 from 1989 worked for touring on quite a long trip around the perimeter of the USA.
https://m.youtube.com/user/ThreeWheelJourney/about
https://m.youtube.com/user/ThreeWheelJourney/about
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