1986 trivia photos
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Crits is crits.
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12-30-08, 08:20 AM
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Oh, Rebecca Twigg!! Men of a certain age know what I mean!! I've got some photos from a race in Ft Worth TX (1984 ?), the Beatrice Bicycle Classic. The 7-11 men's and women's teams were there, the famous Specialized/SunTour station wagon, with it's rear bumper almost scraping the ground. A photo of who I think is Eddie B.?
12-30-08, 08:30 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
I remember I got shelled out the back of the 3s pack on the 2nd pass in the Iron Horse Classic, and the pro women caught me. First was a small break with Inga and Rebecca. I dug deep and was able to hold them for about 30 seconds. It was worth it. After that I blew up so bad that I had to hitch a ride back to Durango to get ready for the MTB race the next day (which went much better, and Missy Giove crashed in front of me when I was spectating).
12-30-08, 08:35 AM
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Funny...before I read this I was looking at the pictures and thinking, "positions seem familiar, but definitely different from today. Look at the bike geometries, etc....but you know what....I'll bet if you popped them out of the pictures and lined them up in an event today on those rigs in that shape and at that age that the results would basically be the same."
Crits is crits.
Crits is crits.
12-30-08, 08:37 AM
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Making a kilometer blurry
Yeah, I think STI was the last technological advancement that really felt like it made me faster.
12-30-08, 08:56 AM
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What REALLY sucked back then, and I'm still grumpy about it! ALL, I mean ALL my races as a CAT 3 was Pro/1/2/3. There were NO seperate Cat 3 fields. (Well, at least the ones I had to drive to, maybe different back west at the time). NYC and surrounding areas could never get enough permits to allow seperate 4's, womens' jr, pro/1/2's and 3's. I hated that. It was so impossible to move up. "Hey, is that Mark Whitehead next to me? Am I in the right race? Oh dang...there he goes on the sprint!"
12-30-08, 08:58 AM
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Yeppers, Jr's. I just googled Leon Moser. Dang guy is riding pro/1/2 track in Kissenna! I'm happy for him. He was a great kid (I only remember them as my age back then). Another Jr at that time was Cuevas' son, Fernando.
Mike had a habit of "out of the gun" from the start in all the Junior races.
Mike had a habit of "out of the gun" from the start in all the Junior races.
12-30-08, 09:09 AM
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Yeppers, Jr's. I just googled Leon Moser. Dang guy is riding pro/1/2 track in Kissenna! I'm happy for him. He was a great kid (I only remember them as my age back then). Another Jr at that time was Cuevas' son, Fernando.
Mike had a habit of "out of the gun" from the start in all the Junior races.
Mike had a habit of "out of the gun" from the start in all the Junior races.
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From CRC? Unless he was a Jr, I won't. I didn't hang out with the senior men's field a lot back then. I knew a lot of guys from Prospect Park though (such as all the Rasta guys on the bench). I had to ride into Manhattan to race. My memory on names suck, I kinda know everyone by bike. Such as there was only 1 guy on CRC that rode a 3Rensho (and he was Japanese).
Did you know Greg Ayala?
Did you know Greg Ayala?
12-30-08, 09:22 AM
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From CRC? Unless he was a Jr, I won't. I didn't hang out with the senior men's field a lot back then. I knew a lot of guys from Prospect Park though (such as all the Rasta guys on the bench). I had to ride into Manhattan to race. My memory on names suck, I kinda know everyone by bike. Such as there was only 1 guy on CRC that rode a 3Rensho (and he was Japanese).
Did you know Greg Ayala?
Did you know Greg Ayala?
12-30-08, 09:32 AM
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I race a lot of the CBR BAR races in SoCal and some of the SCNCA SoCal Cup races but I'm not an overall contender.
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Maybe this will help: JT.
If you were in Brooklyn, you must've seen me working at R&A in the 80's. It was Phil (owner), Poncho, little Larry (the hookup, ifyou know what I mean
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I wish I had the foresight back then to take pictures of all the bikes I had or seen.
I can't even remember some of the bikes I used to ride.
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Now a confession. I have stolen your pics and the info
on Centurion's two women racers, Burgland and Twigg, and
the emerging consensus on the 1983 Nutley, NJ, race and
posted all over on the C&V forum's Centurion Serial Number
Database thread. I'm hoping against hope that someone will
.
Now a confession. I have stolen your pics and the info
on Centurion's two women racers, Burgland and Twigg, and
the emerging consensus on the 1983 Nutley, NJ, race and
posted all over on the C&V forum's Centurion Serial Number
Database thread. I'm hoping against hope that someone will
.
01-02-09, 07:41 AM
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The Centurions I saw the women's team ride in the 86 Coors were the aluminum Facet frames in yellow. I don't recall what components were on them. I've got a photo somewhere of Madonna Harris winning the Vail-Copper Mountain stage on one of the yellow frames, but I'm sure it's a several hour search to find it.
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Tom Donahue & Chemical Bank team
Now you got me thinking. I'm PRETTY sure it was 1986. I don't have the dates written on the slide mounts. It was the year Berglund won. The solo pix of her on this thread is the podium picture. I remember Roy, we were Jr's together. But I didn't do the Nationals then. I think Nitz did win.
No, sorry. That was ringer. But you jarred some memories. I remember Glenn as well! That's Tom Donohue. He was a good buddy of mine.
Haha, I heard so many good McCormack brother stories. They must be great to hang out in a bar.
I had a couple of incidents with inspectors. One for a loose stem and one for a missing bar plug.
Sady, not that much. I was on the bike most of the time.
But what inspired me was these. I remember them like yesterday. Great pix of t-bah and Tommy D, Eric Zaltas, Hewitt Thayer and many many more that you will remember.
https://www.centerportcycles.com/page...rapbook04.html
So GS Mengioni guy is mystery?
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No, sorry. That was ringer. But you jarred some memories. I remember Glenn as well! That's Tom Donohue. He was a good buddy of mine.
Haha, I heard so many good McCormack brother stories. They must be great to hang out in a bar.
I had a couple of incidents with inspectors. One for a loose stem and one for a missing bar plug.
Sady, not that much. I was on the bike most of the time.
But what inspired me was these. I remember them like yesterday. Great pix of t-bah and Tommy D, Eric Zaltas, Hewitt Thayer and many many more that you will remember.
https://www.centerportcycles.com/page...rapbook04.html
So GS Mengioni guy is mystery?
cdr
Any additional pics of the 1986 Chemical Bank team?
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The good old days 
Donahue, Tanner, Zaltas etc were my teammates back then. Those guys were pretty good.
Donahue, Tanner, Zaltas etc were my teammates back then. Those guys were pretty good.
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What a great era to follow the sport. The rise of Lemond and the 7-11 team was electric.
Does anyone remember the Panasonic / Shimano team from around 1981? Those guys came to my home town and it was the first pro team I actually met in person. Fun fun times!
Does anyone remember the Panasonic / Shimano team from around 1981? Those guys came to my home town and it was the first pro team I actually met in person. Fun fun times!
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When I fell in my most spectacular crash ever I was wearing it under all my gear.
One of my notable bike crashes, I was bloody and bruised and it was like 1:30 am..... BUT I MADE IT TO THE DAMN BOOTY CALL!
Damn, man. Just...... damn.
Yes I know this is a zombie thread.
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https://www.cyclingarchives.com/ploegfiche.php?id=5845
Team Composition
Clark, Danny, Australia 30-08-1951
Jackson, Ian, Australia 29-03-1953
Pearson, Paul, United States of America 14-05-1955
Stetina, Dale United States of America 09-07-1956
Walton, Hugh, Canada 30-05-1955
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