Some lovely kit on show and if you can't hijack a thread from @Hijak ?

Always been a Cannondale guy although now riding a sit up and beg model The majority of my real cycling was in Switzerland, mountain biking following bisses etc. and then long climes and fast descents on a road 2.0 with full Dura Ace
Happy days and one quick shot of my early m/b - some of the finest times were in winter.

 

P.S. Before clips

 

Great photo Stuart!

 

And front shocks.

 

I went to Prep school with Richard.
He's a card.
His father donated 10 unicycles to the school
and we all learned to ride them.
I've got a few Road bikes and a MB,
But this is my favorite:
2009 Trek Madone 5.1 in Livestrong livery.
Ultegra components. Same bike Alberto Contador
won the 2008 Tour on.(The Modone 6.9 wasn't ready,
so they put 6.9 stickers on the 5. What a bike!
Like a Ferrari.

 

GO HAWKS!!

 

When men were real men

 

Hmmm... There seem to be some interest in classic bikes here. Cannot resist... Have to show off... It is your fault.




Signore A. Masi taking notes









1971 Ferretti team bike made by Masi and branded Monark for one of the Pettersson brothers - for the 1971 Giro d´Italia. Gösta Pettersson won the Giro that year but this is Thomas Petterssons bike (edit - new facts has been presented since this - It is either a Gösta or Sture bike).



Bianchi Specialissima 1964
Bianchi Specialissima Professionale 1974
Bianchi Specialissima 1975
Bianchi Proto 1989
Bianchi Centenario 1985
Bridgestone MB-1 1989
Cinelli Super Corsa 1983
Colnago Master Piu 1990
Colnago Super 1972
Colnago Super 1973
Conti (CIÖCC) 1984
Crescent Pepita Special 1970
De Rosa Professional 1985
De Rosa Professional 1980
Eddy Merckx cyclocross 1985
Eddy Merckx MX Leader 1993
Eddy Merckx MX Leader 1993
Eddy Merckx MX Leader 1995
Eddy Merckx MX Leader 1993
Masi Prestige 1978
Masi Prestige 1978
Masi Prestige 2010
Masi Criterium/Monark 1971
Meral Super Randonnée 1980
Pogliaghi Italcorse 1977

I am ashamed of myself...

 

And you thought watches were your problem?

"Hi, my name is Styg, and I'm a bicyclaholic.........

(most beautiful rigs BTW )

 

A most impressive collection indeed! Virtually a museum, you should start charging admission.

 

wow, fantastic collection! Do they still get ridden?

 

Here's my new Specialized Allez Expert. I'm coming from a Cannondale Bad Boy hybrid, so this is a huge upgrade to say the least. And it's really fast, even with my big ass on it.

 

Very nice Steve! I remember these, they came out in mid to late nineties if I recall correctly. They were spect out very well (Sram 9.0 components, Mavic rims, Thompson seat post, ect.).

 

That's it, couldn't remember the name. Thanks that would have bugged me all night. These had a super light aluminum frame as well, freakin' cool!

 

Thanks! Well...Some of them.

But not nearly as much as they deserve (and I need). I am a fat middle aged guy and would benefit from using them daily.

As you can see they are all the same framesize (59cm c/c +/- 1cm) so I have always had the intention of riding them. I would not collect a bike that was not my size. And though some of them are really old they are all built to be used - with NOS bearings, freewheels and chains, etc. They are ready to use. This collection has accumulated over a very long period. So long that some of the bikes were bought new by me, then used in racing and then suddenly one day I realized they were vintage... I started training in the early 80-ies and started collecting vintage bikes and parts in the mid 80-ies. At that time Campagnolos Nuovo and Super Record parts were replaced with C-record and the older parts were almost given away by the shops (and I got a lot). At that time I used the C-record parts on my new bikes and today they are as sought after by collectors as the older parts.

I try to take every bike for a short spin now and then (except for the Ferretti/Masi/Monark as it is a real museum piece - and worth quite a lot).

If I mean business though it comes down to these three:
For real rough stuff - the old French Meral picknick/randonnee/touring - here in Liguria, Italy


For serious bicycling (seriously...I just pose... I am in a really lousy shape). This old Merckx MX Leader in Merckx own mix of Columbus Max tubing. This was the last hooray of the steel frames in professional racing in the mid 90-ies. After that alu and carbon took over. These colours were used by the Motorola team. I built it up with modern parts - a Campagnolo Super Record 11 group when that came on the market around 2009. Good mix of traditional and modern.


For drinking wine and showing off at credit card touring in the rolling landscape of the French wine districts - again an old Eddy MX Leader but this time in the colours of the French GAN-team. Mix and match of Campagnolo Record tripple and "normal" Record 10V - including the bar end shifters (meant for triathletes in the front of their aero bars - but this is the traditional 60-ies placement). Shiny bike. Preciousss...my pprecioussssss...

 

Even though I have a carbon bike I'm a steel bike guy at heart and love seeing all of your vintage steel. Thanks for sharing, love seeing them all!

 

In the mid nineties when I lived in Colorado I purchased a Cannondale F-2000, it was the bike Tinker Juarez rode...should have bought the Homegrown! Ah, 20-20 hindsight.