Sunday, May 16, 2021

"My" road bike, built 1986...

Spent the week at Scott Paisley's framebuilding workshop in VA the summer of 1986. I literally slept in a hammock hanging between pine trees, just behind his cabin. During the days I would work alongside Scott, in the evening eat dinner with his family. Then crash.
By the end of the week I had a presentable frameset. A few extra days of finish work and she was ready to send to Franklin Frameworks for a coat of Imron.
So, what you see before you is the result of that work, original paint still, most of the Campagnolo parts came off of a Raleigh Pro I'd bought off of David Austin (a big Charlottesville bike nut), some parts were swapped out or added later. Bar tape is original too!
It's a mix of Columbus SL/SP, Henry James lugs. Quite a lot of extra work went into the fully internalized cable routings, and the wishbone rear end.

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Dave Moulton "Fuso" road bike, circa 1990. I owned this bike from new.

Purchased it as a frameset from Silver Spring Cycles.

Main points: Mavic Starfish crank, 39/53. Campy Record hubs (high flange rear) Ambrosio rims.Look pedals. Campy seatpost, Regal perforated mint white saddle (very rare now). TTT Bar and Stem. Shimano 600 brakes,  Dura Ace FD, Suntour Superbe RD (v rare, with all the alloy bolts), Suntour Retro friction shifters, Dia Compe aero levers.
Stronlight roller headset. Phil Wood BB. Blackburn cage.
Pedals are Look "Carbon".

Bike sold June 4th 2021

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Some shots of my circa 1955/6 Armstrong PathRacer fixed-gear before I sold it in April 2021.

I bought the bike sight unseen as a Frameset plus Headset back around 2002 or 2003 from a Bicycle dealer in Scotland who posted For Sale notices on the Classic Rendezvous List occasionally. When I got the Frameset I was wonderfully surprised at the condition and quality of my lucky purchase. The Scottish Dealer told me that the finish is/was original, making this the most amazingly well-preserved 65 year-old bike I have ever seen. It rides beautifully too: I set it up as a fixed-gear with Prior rear hub, Phil Wood BB, Campagnolo Nuovo Record Cranks, a Universal front brake, Mavic Bar and stem, and a self-covered saddle in Deer hide. Tape was a couple of layers of white cotton, lots of Polyurethane, and a "French Cut" to the end (Tip of the cap to old friend Andre there, he might be the only person on the planet to get that one). Here's to hoping she looks as good still in another 65 years!!!

Bike sold May 2021, still to be picked up by buyer, June 4th 2021.
 

Some shots of my circa 1987 Ritchey Commando, just before I sold it in April of 2021. Original paint, all the Shimano DeoreXT componentry is original too.

I bought the bike as an EBay auction, probably around 2004. So, before people were really "looking". The auction was for the complete bike, almost as seen here. The only things I switched out were the Bar/Stem (for fit). The saddle, and the pedals. 

Bike sold to a Manhattanite end of April 2021.