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TELL US ABOUT YOUR BICYCLE!!!

I am curious as to what year your bike was made... or what brand.  or any other interesting info, or what you like about it.  Me: (aprox.) 1985 Peugeot.  My reflectors match my paint job (original), I like that. 

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Permalink Reply by Alex on February 13, 2014 at 12:01pm

Thanks! I sure wish it was a disc wheel. Just a cover. The previous owner sold it to me that way.

Robert Underwood said:

That's a nice Peugeot.  Ive had this question for a while... is that disc in your rear wheel covering spokes, or is it in place of spokes?  
 
Alex Kim said:

peugeot pic here

1986 Tourmalet!

bianchi pic here

also just bought a '96 Bianchi Trofeo with full campy which I'm in love with. previous owner put on some veloce brifters sometime after purchase--honestly don't know what year.

 

Permalink Reply by David Barish on February 13, 2014 at 2:08pm


So true and so why this thread has me a bit melancholy. I love all my bikes. I have three and am custodian of another. Still, I ache for a bike that was stolen 9 years ago.  A 1987 Specialized Rockhopper. I had replaced the original oval chainring with a round one.  The bike was used to paint the roads for the North Shore Century for years. We got a little silly and  the bike had an abstract yellow and orange dayglow melange over its blue stock paint job. This hard tail had been used off road it its youth but had long been an urban warrior and a good friend. 
Robert Underwood said:

I totally agree... 
 

Whatever bike you have, I think what really makes it valuable, i.e., what makes it YOURS, is the time and effort you put into getting everything adjusted JUST SO (fit-saddle tilt, handlebar angle, etc. and function - perfect shifting, brake pads toed-in properly, etc.) to work and feel just right for YOU.

Permalink Reply by GEORGE VANDERFOR on February 13, 2014 at 2:50pm

I RIDE TANK IN THE WINTER ITS AN OLD 1990 HUFFY ALL BLACK ALL THE STICKERS ARE OFF IT I HAVE HUGE OVER SIZE TIRES AND IT PULLS MY COFFIN SHAPED BIKE TRAILER. IN SUMMER I RIDE A 1976 JETTER ROAD BIKE OR MY 1970'S MIYATA ROAD BIKE I HAVE MIRRORS, HORN FRONT AND REAR LIGHTS AND SPEED O METER ON ALL MY BICYCLES I HAVE ABOUT 15 LAST COUNT.

Permalink Reply by Beans on February 13, 2014 at 4:03pm

This is my Schwinn Frontier. We go everywhere. We've logged over 15,000 miles together and I'm looking forward to the next 15,000. Rah!

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 13, 2014 at 4:14pm



Permalink Reply by Robert Underwood on February 13, 2014 at 5:09pm

Looks like a lovely urban beast, and well traveled.  Just for fun... if you do 20miles a day (which is probably a little more than an average commute, I dunno), that's 100 per five day work week, 150 weeks... that's 2.88yrs .  Am I right or am I right?
 
Beans ~ 14 mi. said:

This is my Schwinn Frontier. We go everywhere. We've logged over 15,000 miles together and I'm looking forward to the next 15,000. Rah!

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on February 13, 2014 at 5:49pm

I ride a fixie/free wheel most of the time but it's becoming uncomfortable and even painful.

I have a Trek Mt. Bike I got used, very used in 2006 as my winter bike and to ride the trails that used to be railroads. 26" rims have more bump absorption than those 700x23 cm rims. 

Permalink Reply by Mike Bullis 5.5-6.5 miles on February 13, 2014 at 7:49pm

Kinda sorta.

My 1954 Robin Hood Sports, 1964 Dunelt Sports, 1968 Raleigh Superbe, and 1970 Robin Hood Lenton Sports, are all basically the same Raleigh Sports frame with minor differences. The 54 is much more nicely finished than the 70.

Jennifer on the lake said:

Anyone else have two of the same?

Permalink Reply by Amanda L on February 14, 2014 at 10:09am

This is my Centurion Custom mixte. I think it's about a '74-'76, but I've never been able to find any information to confirm.

It's a hand-me-down. My mother bought it with her high school graduation money, had it through most of her adult life, and used to take me out for rides as a toddler in a seat attached to the back. She gave it to me while I was in college. 

Permalink Reply by Chitown_Mike on February 14, 2014 at 11:36am

I will post newer pictures but I ride as a beater/commuter/off-roader/CX monster (hasn't been to an official CX race but it looks like it could handle it's own).

It's an early 90's (93 I think) Trek Antelope 800.  Chromo frame, Biopace crankset, converted the rear to a 7 speed Sunrace freewheel, Conti Double Fighter II tires, Bontrager saddle, 44 wide drop bars, Shimano ST-2300 brifters, and my own homemade from fender (those pics will follow).

I have named my bike the Dirty Gertie.....because it is a combo of 2 other bikes I had (The Dirt Denizen and Gertrude) where one got smashed.

Here it is at the end of last summer with stock Schwinn stem shifters!

Here it is at the North Shore Century 2014.  Rode really nice for my first dropbar MTB conversion.  I plan on doing others in the future.  So much fun to ride and handle just about everything.

Permalink Reply by mark stetson on February 14, 2014 at 8:20pm

Mike:  I like that drop bar MTB conversion.  I just built up an old steel Gary Fisher with Campagnolo 10 speed, but I used Paul Thumbies on a flat bar.  I wish I'd thought of doing a drop bar on it - that setup would make a great gravel bike when conditions warrant a fatter tire than I can fit on the road frames.  The gravel out here is going to be very soft for a while when the snow starts melting.   

 

Here's a couple that I've had for the longest.  The road bike is my 2nd "good" bike (my first was a 1989 Cannondale SM800 MTB which was stolen in 1995), a 1987 Cannondale R600 which I bought used circa 1991.  The R600 was originally hot pink.  When the paint started to bubble I repainted it with paint left over from painting my 1966 Oldsmobile, so my bike matches my car.  It still has most of the original Shimano 600EX parts, but I've swapped the 600 with lots of other parts over the years.  One configuration had GripShift CXDT shifters on a Profile Aero 1 bar during my time trial phase, and another had Campagnolo 8 speed with downtube shifters during my "anti-Shimano" phase.  I've always sort of regretted not repainting it pink, and recently bought an identical frameset with the original pink paint.  That one is going to get a build as close to original as I can come up with.   The red paint on the pictured bike is starting to bubble around the cable guides again.  Next time I may paint it black, get the reproduction Black Lightning decals, and put a SunTour group on it.

 

The MTB is a 1993 M800 which I bought used when it was 2 or 3 years old.  It's my mule, hauling groceries and other stuff (including tractor batteries and fuel) in either the panniers or the trailer.  This has been the most dependable bike I've ever owned.  I hadn't done any maintenance on it for years until last month, and pulled it apart thinking I'd be replacing a bunch of parts.  The original chain still measured within spec but I replaced it just to see if it would skip on the original cassette - which must have numerous thousands of miles by now.  I was surprised to find that the cassette isn't worn enough to make the new chain skip.  The drivetrain is Shimano LX 7 speed with thumbshifters.  All bike parts should be this good.  Box in pic is a wheelset.  Not heavy but a pretty good drag addition for the 18 mile trip home into the wind.   My mail carrier wouldn't deliver packages some days this winter, leaving me to ride to the PO to get them on the bike.  I would complain, but it did get me out on the bike a few times this winter when I wouldn't have ridden otherwise.    

Permalink Reply by The Grizz on February 15, 2014 at 11:47am

  The winter commuter. 2010 Motobecane Fantom Cross Uno. Frame wrapped in black reflective tape (see reflect action in 2nd pic). Schwalbe studded tire action. Cute front basket.

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