I just found this one today, after it had been stolen friday night. It isn't worth much, money-wise, but I've put a lot of hours into restoring it, and it rides great,so I was seriously bummed when it suddenly wasn't where I'd left it.
I picked up this Trek today, I haven't checked out the serial numbers yet, I'm guessing it is late 80"s? 12 speed, super light. I'd like it if the stand-over height was a .5" less, but that is ok. I'm anticipating a new handlebar stem to make it a little longer, need to replace the seat and hopefully replace it so I can slide the seat back a bit ( even thou it is a 22"frame I feel a little cramped on it). Long range plan is to use it for touring. View attachment 1042567
I never saw an actual formula for fitting a rider to a bike. Thanks for posting.
Here's a Litespeed I bought on Ebay. It had cantilever brakes that were a real PIA to adjust. It made it around Lake Ontario and Paris Brest Paris. I'm happiest on a bike. (of course that's not me). The setting is upper New York State which is a really beautiful place to ride, some of the best in the US in my opinion.
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I can't remember if it was an Appalachian or Blue Ridge. The fork was aluminum. I do have a Classic and have been riding it since 1999. I cracked the frame of the one in the picture. With the repair the decal went from yellow to black The Classic is still going strong. It's gone thru a few drive trains and one fork. It went 10000+ kilometers last year, mostly brevets. It rides like a couch and very stable at all speeds. But you know that, because you own one too.Is that a Classic?
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That is a shot of the bike I am planning to ride once the roads clear up, just before the bars got taped. Should be nice, full hydraulic disc brakes, through axles, latest Shimano Ultegra 8000 Di2 (not a huge Di2 fan, will give it a try), 35mm profile carbon rims, very ergo carbon bars (prototypes for testing). I am not a weight weenie but I was pleased when all built up with Look Keo 2 Max Blade pedals, 2 cages and honest 28mm tires it came in at about 16.5 pounds, less than a pound more than my old high end bikes with rim brakes, QRs and 23mm tires while being massively more capable.
When I call it MY new bike I mean it: I designed it. My concept, did the geometry and specified the front/middle/rear stiffness for each size, decided on the silhouette, worked with our designer on the tube shapes which we then submitted to the engineers to do the dimensions and layups, specified changes to the drawings from the engineers before approving the final ones. Tested the prototype, requested changes to the layup for greater comfort and then picked every part for the spec on the production models. Worked out pretty well, at least according to some people who have tried it:
https://www.pezcyclingnews.com/technspec/opus-vivace-1-review/#.WonxpTEo59A
This one is based on a one off white/black frame we had lying around, some samples parts, some wheels I had used last year, voila, a bike! I rode our photoshoot sample which was just like the one tested by Inside Cycling in the link above last year, loved it, can't wait to try this "special edition".
Beautiful machine.Klein Mantra Comp, 1998 model. Had two of these, this one is about 99.9% new old stock. Health issues causing me to thin out my hobby-related items. If this bike interests you, please PM me and we can discuss it. Also two nice road bikes will probably be available as well.
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