44.5mph

Early 60's Hercules
Paperboy bike
came with chrome plated steel front rack w/ spring loaded clamp
40 spoke rear wheel!
3-speed Sturmey Archer hub
Approx. 4,000 miles since 1994

SouthernGothic

I have severely tempted fate for many years and hundreds of miles and it has finally caught up with me. My daily ride has had its first blowout. The tires on my 1970 Raleigh DL1 are the factory original 40-635 Dunlop Roadster Golds and I have been wondering if I could make the 40 year mark with them, but sadly, no. They did make a good 38 years, nearly ten with me. Looks like I will be outfitting my ride with some new Schwalbe Marathons.

cudak888 

I have a '73 Raleigh Roadster tyre that exploded in identical fashion if you're interested in a matched pair

-Kurt

Marrock

I have a '72 LTD-3 with the original Raleigh Records on it...

Steve52

Hi,

my recent Frejus find.


Columbus tubing
Cinelli stem, bars, tape and seat.
Magistoni headset
Campagnolo seatpost
TA Specialiste pista crank (1/2")
Campagnolo rear cog
Campagnolo pista pedals
Campagnolo Record hugs
Cerchio Ghisallo wood rims
(Spokes tied and soldered)
Seta tubulars (to be replaced)

c1950s
Serial # 100097

Marrock

I've seen it quite a few times and I was wondering what tying and soldering the spokes is supposed to accomplish.

Steve52

Wiring and soldering spokes was once common among racers, especially on the track. The reasons and benefits have been debated forever. However, they may also have been an aesthetic feature. Anyway, I wasn't going to unsolder them .

Trickery

well, I’m not sure this counts. But… I had two people stop me to compliment my bike yesterday, so I decided to give it a quick bath and show it off. Unfortunately she’s got a lot of dings, but not a huge amount of mileage. Go figure.

Dad bought her new somewhere around the beginning of the 1990’s

Marrock

I can see where it may keep them from rattling against each other and they do have a certain something aestheticly.

freeagent1970

Heres mine..not exactly ancient, just got it a couple days ago

purevl

How do you like those command shifters? I've wanted to try a pair out for a long time. I passed on an eBay auction last year for some because I felt that the $20 range was a bit high. Right after that some vendor found a truckload of the things still in the packages and started selling them one at a time for $70 (similar to the mexico city guy with all the bar-ends and cantis) needless to say the prices have never been sane since.

cudak888 

More photos of the '61 Paramount...





-Kurt

Trickery

I like them alot. The front will hold alot of tension, and the rear shifter changes gears really solid.

burnsadam

1982 Team Fuji track frame

1985 Peugeot PGN10

love these bikes.

gnome

A better picture of my $15 Norman Invader as the sun was finally shining today.


Of course it has cost me more than that now: $130 for a new Pre-aged Brooks B17(I thought it looked more in keeping with the rest of the bike) and a service from my LBS (I don't have a workstand, BB tools or cable cutters yet).

jan08

can anyone give me information on neri cesena road bikes. i picked up a frame from a garage sale. it has columbus slx tubing, campagnolo brev dropouts, cinelli bottom bracket housing. its either from 1984 or 86. hard to read under the paint. it came with edco compition bb and dura ace fc-7402 cranks and a mavic ssc head set. it is a very nice frame well made and nice geometry. am in the process of building it up.
cant find any info on the web about this company so if anyone knows let us know.

DCvision

ID this bike??? My grandfather was a photographer, and in cleaning out our guest room, I found some large format negatives. Here are a couple of a young boy and his bike, which looks a bit big for him!... I commute by bike and hang out in the commuter's forum, but bikes are bikes!

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcvision2006/2650229740

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dcvision2006/2650230320


Probably taken in Coral Gables, Fl in the early 50's...

Douglas

cudak888 

Not the Gables, with the post-type street name signs.

-Kurt

DCvision

you are absolutely correct... good eye..

lotek 

jan08:
You asked about a NERI Cesena bicycle.
something about this was familiar to me from reading
the Marco Pantani biography

this is what I've got (and recalled)

Cesena is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy.
Guido Neri was a professional rider who rode for the Moltini team,
participated in 3 Tour de France, 1 Vuelta d'Espana and 9 Giro d'Ialia
as well as many smaller races.
He cofounded Il Pedale Cesenate a large local cycling club with
Franco Magnani (winner of a stage in the 1963 Giro).


Guido Neri

He is responsible for Cicli Neri in Cesena, a local team (semi pro?)
who's members included a young marco pantani (i think).

He runs Cesena dell'omonimo bicycle shop along with his son Albert (no online
that I can tell).

That said I suspect that the bike you have was built for Neri's shop
(or team) by one of the larger contract builders (Bilato?), I find
nothing about Neri building his own bikes.
I seem to recall that Pantani's first bike was from Neri (and
may have been labeled so), I need to check the 2 books I have
on Pantani on that.

Marty

pohlf

Late 70's? (Mike) Melton Columbus steel frame; modern components - apologies in advance to all the purists.



The bits -

Shimano: XT long-cage RD and 9-spd cluster; Ultegra BB and hubs; DA dual-pivot calipers and chain; Tiagra FD, compact crank and STI brifters; 105 headset

Nitto Technomic (trimmed) stem and 153/STI bars; Mavic CXP-33 32h machined rims, DT butted spokes, alloy nips, Schwalbe Stelvio 28mm rubber; Selle Royal
saddle, Kalloy post; JagWire gold cables; MKS half-clips; KoolStop pads; Incredibell Clever Lever (for inevitable urban close encounters)

Pending/debating: gold water bottle cage - I'm jonesing for just one more point on the bling index; decent MKS pedals; black Thomson setback post

So far, relatively few miles - the frame was actually never(!) built up - but it is quite a revelation to ride something significantly south of 40 lbs. (the Varsity).

Favorite comment from a rider at an SF intersection: "That's a really ..pretty.. RED bike."

Yesss... mission accomplished.

Ride On..

-Frank

TriPhill

Here is my 1990 Cannondale SR800 Criterium 3.0

When I got it:


After new, tape, tires, cables, big ring and chain.


This was on my first long(to me) ride today. Awesome bike.

Thanks for sharing all of your bikes, I love looking at them.

twentyflights

alright, figured my first post would go well here...

My treasured Bianchi (exactly what model, i'm still having a beast of a time figuring out...i think Japanese made at least)...a Craigslist bike for $200, had so-so components so i souped it up a bit:



Shimano 600 RD
Selle San Marco Concor
Modolo levers, Shimano 105 Calipers
MKS Clips
Cinelli Tape

jan08

Cheers for the info Marty. Guido Neri fits in. There is NG forged into the crowns of the forks. the
badge has an NR which could be for NERI Romagna.
The lugs seem to be the standard cinelli lugs only they have either Neri or N forged into them.
I think I got myself a good find for 20 euro. The bike rides really well, covered many kms with it
already and its in very good condition. Only has a few chips missing from the paint and the chrome cleaned up really nicely.

once again thanks for sharing your knowledge,
paul

trodden

I scored this 198X Brava off ebay 5 years ago for $200. It was in pristine condition when I got it. However as an everyday commuter, I've put some wear into it. I scored the Brooks from a early 1970's Raleigh. The Raleigh was given to me for free with the saddle, I kept the saddle, gave the bike to someone it would fit better. I'm not sure of the year of the Brava, its got Suntour components on there (i slapped on a Dura Ace rear derailer when the original got damaged in a spill) and I've changed out the free wheel for one of those standard shimano 6 speeds free wheels. However, originally, it was 7-speed, but the 7 speed version of the shimano free wheel wouldn't work due to the frame getting in the way. My very first entry level racer/road was also a Bianchi Brava when I was 14-15 years old, some 20 years ago. It was either a '86 or '87, but was black with Shimano 105. So I'm not sure if my current Brava was before or after that.