Show me your Zeus - bikes and components!
10-09-21, 06:23 AM
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Found these when cleaning up my desk the other day. 
10-09-21, 08:22 AM
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Thanks for those lever pics, My son says these levers are the "coolest" piece on the whole bike! I agree. Don
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10-09-21, 10:37 AM
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I'm nostalgically enjoying this thread, my first quality bike was a Zeus Pro I bought in 1973 with part of my summer earnings. I let it go when I got my Mercian in 1988. While I wish I still had it, it was too small within a year or two after I bought it at age 16 and a half. Wildwood's most closely resembles it visually, but there are difference. It had a Durifort frame with a sloping crown fork painted a pearlescent navy blue. Record components and the same centerpull brakes. Oddly enough, my other main activity was photography yet I don't have a single decent photo of it. One day when I refile my negatives from back then maybe I'll find a forgotten picture.
Then I added a Mercian that was going to be my touring bike but sold it to finance my first of three tandems.
I always regretting selling the Mercian and just recently acquired a 1985 frameset in excellent condition after searching for decades.
10-09-21, 04:33 PM
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Wow we have a lot in common. Around 1980 I had a PX-10E and then a Zeus Pro. Those were my stepping stone to a Masi Gran Criterium.
Then I added a Mercian that was going to be my touring bike but sold it to finance my first of three tandems.
I always regretting selling the Mercian and just recently acquired a 1985 frameset in excellent condition after searching for decades.
Then I added a Mercian that was going to be my touring bike but sold it to finance my first of three tandems.
I always regretting selling the Mercian and just recently acquired a 1985 frameset in excellent condition after searching for decades.
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1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport
1987 Mercian Pro, 1985 Shogun 500, 197? Falcon San Remo, 1972 Peugeot PX-10, 1972 Schwinn Paramount P13-9, 1971 Peugeot PX-10, 1971 Raleigh International, 1970 Raleigh Professional Mark I
Curator/Team Mechanic: 2016 Dawes Streetfighter, 1984 Lotus Eclair, 1975 Motobecane Jubile Mixte, 1974 Raleigh Sports, 1973 Free Spirit Ted Williams, 1972 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Philips Sport
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