Classic & vintage road icons....?
06-27-22, 10:04 AM
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Classic & vintage road icons....?
Of course, everyone has their own personal ‘icons’ & grail bikes, but what (road) bikes have the kind of iconic status of the Peugeot PX-10? A late 60s- mid 70s white PX-10 is immediately recognizable and conjures a nostalgia even among folks who haven’t ridden a bike in years. I have a hard time coming up with other models that have that kind of iconic singularity. An all-chrome Paramount, maybe? A celeste-green Bianchi (though that isn’t a specific model….)? What other near-instantly recognizable classic & vintage icons are there?
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Chrome-lugged Cinelli Supercorsa.
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Although I have no pictures of it, my blue mink/silver Raleigh Professional that I bought in 1973 comes close. I rode mine for 27 years, and even won a Canadian ITT title on it when it was over 25 years old. Sadly its life ended when I crashed it in a road race and crumpled the downtube in 1999. I still have that crashed frame but the components moved on to another bike
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Holdsworth Professional in team colours ?
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May need to define "icon." Iconot.
One version....
Not quite the longevity of a Super Corsa, but iconic enough. Not to mention the porn star mustache.
Not quite the longevity of a Super Corsa, but iconic enough. Not to mention the porn star mustache.
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Various icons....for various reasons.
Perhaps the recognition factor across the board?
Quite often, you just mention the model, and people know.
Cinelli Super Corsa for elegance, longevity, quality.
Puegeot PX-10, but also UO-8, both for different reasons.
Pinarello Montello, as much for precision and quality as bad decals.
Colnago Master for that tubing, once it took hold.
Colnago C40, for being a landmark bike, and Pari-Roubaix, and Mapei
Centurion Dave Scott Ironman. You don't really have to say Centurion.
Bridgestone RB-1, as much for the discussion of who was behind it.
Trek Y-Foil, because if they've seen one, they remember.
Any Pegoretti, but a whole different icon, altogether.
Specialized Stump Jumper, a Ritchey by any other name.
Paramounts, but there are so darn many!
Raleigh Sports
Kestrel (at one time, pretty much just meant the 200 series)
I'm sure I missed a ton. The icon field is both narrow and wide.
Quite often, you just mention the model, and people know.
Cinelli Super Corsa for elegance, longevity, quality.
Puegeot PX-10, but also UO-8, both for different reasons.
Pinarello Montello, as much for precision and quality as bad decals.
Colnago Master for that tubing, once it took hold.
Colnago C40, for being a landmark bike, and Pari-Roubaix, and Mapei
Centurion Dave Scott Ironman. You don't really have to say Centurion.
Bridgestone RB-1, as much for the discussion of who was behind it.
Trek Y-Foil, because if they've seen one, they remember.
Any Pegoretti, but a whole different icon, altogether.
Specialized Stump Jumper, a Ritchey by any other name.
Paramounts, but there are so darn many!
Raleigh Sports
Kestrel (at one time, pretty much just meant the 200 series)
I'm sure I missed a ton. The icon field is both narrow and wide.
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Moto, TC, CT
And agree with the above,
Paramount
Raleigh Pro
Cinelli SC
PX-10
Celeste Bianchi
Masi
There are plenty of others, I always think in terms of US bike boom so many that weren't here would be on the list too.
And agree with the above,
Paramount
Raleigh Pro
Cinelli SC
PX-10
Celeste Bianchi
Masi
There are plenty of others, I always think in terms of US bike boom so many that weren't here would be on the list too.
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I think the "Mink Blue" Raleigh Pro is on the list .
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Could just as well be a Grand Record, Le Champion or Champion Team....All are Iconic. Have had this bike a long time and ridden it in most of the Western U.S. states. Don
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So is the frame but the head badge, Universal brakes, seat post bolt and handle bar are all good. That, to me, makes the harvest a bargain at twenty bucks. The frame and fork will be dumped in the dump on Wednesday.
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I still think that's the baddest ass headbadge ever.
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I don't know what the model would be, but I think an early Cannondale should be on the list. Yeah, Klein may have been first/better/whatever, etc, etc, but pretty much everyone recognizes a Cannondale immediately.
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Although I have no pictures of it, my blue mink/silver Raleigh Professional that I bought in 1973 comes close. I rode mine for 27 years, and even won a Canadian ITT title on it when it was over 25 years old. Sadly its life ended when I crashed it in a road race and crumpled the downtube in 1999. I still have that crashed frame but the components moved on to another bike
Quite a few of the bikes in those Raleigh catalogs are seared into my brain! I did buy the semi-iconic Gran Sport in the lagoon blue with white panels and rode that for a long time. Much later, I picked up a mint International in the copper paint, which is probably between semi-iconic and iconic. There is still a part of me that would like to have one of the blue mink & silver Professionals, though!
From the catalog that I held onto for so long... the Mark IV Raleigh Pro.
After I got my International, I lucked into a 753 Team frame! I think it's just as iconic as the Pro, and since it was widely raced, probably even more so.
Here's mine, and it rides just wonderfully!
Steve in Peoria
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