This summer I put the most miles on a late 70s Zeus Less miles a Peugeot Uo8ish from 1985 Less miles but wonderful ones on an 1987 Bottecchia
NOT riding today. In fact I only commute across my driveway and I'm still working at home.
Howard Darr Kinsman OH USA -----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Carlos Ovalle Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 12:22 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] What do you ride?
Hi Dick,
Up until a couple of years ago I was training on my late 1970s Gios (classic blue color of course), a lugged steel bike with all Campagnolo Super Record. However, long century rides and a handful of criteriums a year were ridden on a 2005 Jamis Eclipse, my first partly carbon bike ever. I purchased that one because of its classic lines, unlike many compact carbon frames nowadays. These days my Gios is in storage and I'm riding a new favorite, my newly built-up late 1950s RIC which was the subject of a nice essay by Ted Earnst of the CR list. I'm fortunate in that most of my riding is in dedicated bike paths on which I can do a 52 mile loop of which only 3 miles are on traffic. In the next few months I plan on building up a gorgeous 1959 Cinelli Speciale, right now it's just a frame, fork HS and BB but I do have most of the parts I need for a build, though it will not be entirely period-correct... but better that than to have it collecting dust.
Carlos Ovalle
Long Beach, California, USA