80-90’s cycling

[Fixed]

Bikes have always been cool
Imho
Cheers to all
https://www.pinterest.com/edwardmadden/80s-90s-cycling/

World championship 1991

[Spaghetti Legs]

I agree. I think it’s the sweet spot for the bike as functional art.

Plus, it was cool to wear sweat bands.

[fmradio516]

Would love a poster of this for the man cave:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/04/7b/75047bdd0fbd6e011dd168a7e053cfcc.jpg

[RWL2222]

That’s a great poster. I had to do a double take of the campy sag wagon.

[sw3759]

[QUOTE=Fixed;2719983]Bikes have always been cool
Imho
Cheers to all
https://www.pinterest.com/edwardmadden/80s-90s-cycling/

agreed Fixed! lots of great photos of the all time greats on that page..
to qoute E-Richie,bring back the elegance :)

[ScottW]

That’s a great poster. I had to do a double take of the campy sag wagon.
My parents had a Buick wagon in the 1980s. They bought it when my younger sister came along. Dad traded in his 280Z on that transaction. :mad: But I digress.
Anyone familiar with Buick wagons of that era will tell you that the Campy support vehicle likely needed its own support vehicle. Not among the better examples of American automotive engineering, although you could fit a crapton of gear in them.

[carpediemracing]

My parents had a Buick wagon in the 1980s. They bought it when my younger sister came along. Dad traded in his 280Z on that transaction. :mad: But I digress.
Anyone familiar with Buick wagons of that era will tell you that the Campy support vehicle likely needed its own support vehicle. Not among the better examples of American automotive engineering, although you could fit a crapton of gear in them.

That car was iconic in my early racing days. "The CAMPY BUICK was at the race!!!" for me defined if it was a huge race or not. First race I watched happened to be the 1983 National Crits in Nutley, NJ, and of course the Campy Buick was there. I didn't see it too often after that.

In high school I had the opportunity to interview the then future 7-Eleven soigneur Shelley Verses. She showed me some pictures from when she was helping with the National Team (I think). She used to drive some wagon (the Campy Buick?), rear window flipped up like a gigantic spoiler, motor pacing team riders like Alexi Grewal, Ron Keifel, and others who slip my mind. When it was cold she'd drop the tailgate, crank the heat. She used a box camera on one such training drive and showed me shots of the guys drafting the wide open back of the station wagon, bundled up in cold weather gear. The guys got the camera and took pictures of her as well.

Years later, after school, when I started managing a bike shop, I learned that one of the guys working for the landlord was Shelley's brother. Small world.

[Tandem Rider]

I remember the first race I was at when this thing showed up, wide eyes and all from a still a junior.

[pasadena]

Those clogs are f'ing epic
That’s a great poster. I had to do a double take of the campy sag wagon.

[fignon's barber]

The iconic Campy Buick photo pops up every few months here. But who IS the legendary man in clogs?

[Tandem Rider]

But who IS the legendary man in clogs?

It's Bill Woodul, I mostly remember him wearing cowboy boots, and yes, legendary is the correct descriptor.

[Chris]

Bill was a legend. Sadly he died too young.

[Hindmost]

It's Bill Woodul, I mostly remember him wearing cowboy boots, and yes, legendary is the correct descriptor.

I first saw Bill at a local Olympic development race in 1976. My friend came back to our van and said, "the Campagnolo guy just installed a free, brand new derailleur on so and so's bike". I was impressed, this road racing thing was so Pro!

[RWL2222]

In the OP picture, the first thing my eye was drawn to was the Delta brakes on third bike from the left. I remember ogling those at Agee’s Bicycle in Richmond, at probably 11 years old before I got my first bike to race in Marymount Park. They looked so cool, and so out of reach anytime soon, but someday...

[Razzle]

Love this thread

[PTinz]

Great post and link to cool pics, Charly Mottet was always a favorite, couple of cool pics of him in there. Thanks for sharing.

[bigbill]

Those were great days. You could order a lugged steel and group from the LBS. The mechanic would build up your bike with the group including wheels. Everyone's bike was essentially the same with friction shifters and 6-7 speed freewheels. Somehow we rode with 42 small rings and a 13-23 freewheel and didn't explode.

In 1991, I went index with a DA 8S group. My nephew rides my Mercian.

[benadrian]

Here's Andy Hampsten and me in 1988 (I think) at the Coors Classic in Colorado. My dad took the shot as Andy looked away ;)

[charliedid]

Here's Andy Hampsten and me in 1988 (I think) at the Coors Classic in Colorado. My dad took the shot as Andy looked away ;)

Looks like Vail.

I might have been there at the time. Would have still been the Red Zinger race I think. Or Coors Classic.

[msl819]

Those clogs are f'ing epic

Every time I see that pics my first thought is, "How bad must those feet smell in those clogs?!?!"

[charliedid]

Every time I see that pics my first thought is, "How bad must those feet smell in those clogs?!?!"

Quite the opposite in my experience.

[PacNW2Ford]

When I was in college in the 80’s my local shop was Paul Deem’s Cycles Olympic in Diamond Bar, CA. I once tried to order one of SunTour’s 14-38 freewheels for a crazy and likely ill-advised project. With Eroica nowadays, that thing would be worth a mint! I think he is still in the bike biz in Orange County.

[euro]

SO much PANACHE

[Gummee]

That’s a great poster. I had to do a double take of the campy sag wagon.

Anyone know who the bearded guy in the back seat is?

I have a guess, but it's a WAG

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