Your personal bike history

[bridgestone1]

Originally Posted by fuzzalow

Had to give this some thought as I've never listed the entire progression as a curriculum vitae as it were for the whole nine yards. An entire lifetime of cycling summed up into a tossed-off paragraph! Anytime one does this there is always the lookback that maybe one could have done more!

Only one or two comments that might keynote some of what's happened here:

• Every bike was bought new except the '70's-era DeRosa Professional which was bought as a collector bike from Mike Kone which I rode anyway
• Every custom bike is denoted by the builders full name and I am the original client commission for every custom bike listed
• There was about a 7-year hiatus from cycling in that timeline when at a point I got serious about my career and the profession's time demands were "non-negotiable". Wasted time where I coulda bought more bikes!
• I have a great affinity for Italian bici

1. Raleigh Gran Sport
2. Paris Sport Dave Moulton custom
3. Colnago Super
4. Francisco Cuevas custom
5. Olmo Competition
6. Serotta Team 7/Eleven Murray
7. Cinelli Supercorsa
8. DeRosa Professional (?)
9. Masi 3Volumetrica
10. Klein Mantra MTB (my one and only foray into MTB)
11. Colnago C-40
12. DeRosa King
13. Roland DellaSanta custom
14. Cinelli Supercorsa
15. Pegoretti Luigino
16. DeRosa Corum
17. Bianchi EV3
18. Bianchi EV-Ti
19. Colnago C-50
20. Dario Pegoretti Marcelo custom
21. Sacha White Vanilla custom
22. Bruce Gordon custom
23. Kent Eriksen custom
24. Brompton

Impressive! How many of these bikes do you currently own?

[makoti]

Since 1985:
Montgomery Wards 10speed (gotta start somewhere. A mere 40 lbs) - long gone
Peugot UO8 - gone
Trek 2000 - glue failed on shifters, replaced by Trek, gone
Merlin Ti - trainer duty
Gary Fisher Mt Tam - in use
John Hollands custom - crunched by a car
Colnago CT1 - crunched by a car
John Hollands Custom - in use
John Hollands Custom S&S travel - in use
Crumpton T5 - in use

[fuzzalow]

Originally Posted by bridgestone1

Impressive! How many of these bikes do you currently own?

Dunno, I'd say I still have about a third left, they are all pretty much either the bikes worth having as collector pieces like the early NOS Cinelli Supercorsa or the stuff that is hard to get rid of like any of the older 126-spacing Italian stuff. The really old stuff I left at my parents house and over time that stuff just disappeared. I tried to sell off as much of the newer stuff here as possible. The rest went into storage.

I downsized from a suburban house to a Mahattan apartment as a lifestyle change and I don't really regret not having and getting bikes like I used to. The market has changed also so that what I find worth going after is less and less. For example all the new Colnagos & DeRosa I'd agree are less covetous to me now than before. Anyway, I have no claim to being critical about somebody buying lots of bikes - I did it too for a long time. It's easy to walk away for something like that when you've already done it.

[Lewis Moon]

Since 1974:
LeJeune
Raleigh Pro (fastback stays)
Pogliaghi
Custom frame (?)
Raleigh Pro (fastback stays)
Raleigh Pro
Olmo Competition (hit by car)
Pogliaghi (stolen)
Specialized Stumpjumper (broken DT)
Specialized Stumpjumper
Benotto
Colnago
Oasis (custom) (hit by car)
Serotta (custom)
Trek MTB
Specialized Stumpjumper
Nishiki International
Schwinn Paramount (1984 Waterford)
LeMond Poprad
Fastrax (Salsa Primero)
Felt F2
Kelly Knobby X
Ridley X-fire
State Warhawk
Raleigh Hodala

[Bob Ross]

Since '78? Um...

- 1971 Schwinn Varsity Sport (which I bought new when I was 10 years old and still had)
- 1979 Raleigh something-or-other -- first "lightweight" [sic] road bike I'd ever owned or ridden...which got stolen six weeks after I bought it!
- no-name rattle-can aluminum 10-speed (5x2) that the asshat who "borrowed" my Schwinn left in its place
- 1983 Motobecane Nobly, a 5x1-speed commuter bike with touring geometry and upright position
- 1988 Puegot mountain bike (also stolen)
- 1994 Trek 750 hybrid
- 2006 Cannondale Synapse Carbon 2
- 1986 Bridgestone 600
- 2010 Carl Strong steel road bike w/ S&S couplers

Still have the C'dale, Bridgestone, & Strong. Got a Sachs on the way, ostensibly this summer.

[warren128]

Okay, I'll play too.

All gone now:

196x Royce Union (Stingray style)
1971 Sears (by Puch)
197x Schwinn Varsity
197x Schwinn Continental
1974 Raleigh Supercourse. My friend was hit by a car while riding it. I was right behind him when it happened. Friend survived, bike got a little bent. I cold set it back into alignment, but the head set was not right after that. I continued to ride it for many years after that. If it was never in an accident, I would still have it today. I sold it in a garage sale with the Mercier.
197x Mercier. I resurrected this one from a backyard find, and hung quality parts on it, better parts than the frame quality deserved, but it turned out very nice, and I rode it well into the 90s.

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Current bikes:

1986 Nishiki Tri-A, all original equipment still on it except for the seat, bar tape, and cables.
1987 Raleigh 531C "Race" (this is the one I'm currently rebuilding)
1996 Litespeed Classic (my main ride)

[texbike]

Okay, this is what has passed through my ownership since 1991:

Road Bikes

(3) Colnago C50s
(2) Colnago C40s
(1) Colnago Extreme Power
(2) Colnago Master Xtra Lights
(1) Colnago Mexico
(1) Colnago MonoTitan
(3) Merckx MXLs
(1) Merckx Corsa Extra
(1) Merckx Corsa 01
(4) Cinelli SC stradas
(1) Cinelli SC pista
(1) Cinelli Centurion
(2) Serotta Legend TIs
(1) Serotta Atlanta
(2) De Rosa Signature/Professionals
(1) De Rosa Giro d'Italia EL/OS
(1) De Rosa aluminum (Merak?)
(2) Cannondale Criteriums
(1) Cannondale CAAAD9
(1) Cannondale CAAD10
(1) Cannondale SuperSix
(1) Look 585
(1) Look 595
(1) Look 381
(1) Look 271
(1) Masi GC 1975
(1) Merlin Agilis
(1) Litespeed Classic
(1) Moots Vamoots
(1) Moots Compact
(1) Pegoretti Custom Team
(1) Pegoretti Fina Estampa
(2) Richard Sachs
(2) Zullos
(1) Tommasini SL
(1) Tommaso SLX
(1) Pogliaghi pista
(1) Bianchi pista
(1) Raleigh Pro pista
(1) Peugeot PX-10
(2) Mondonico Diamonds
(1) Guerciotti TSX
(1) Motobecane Reynolds 531
(1) Raleigh International Reynolds 531
(1) Raleigh Technium
(1) Razesa SLX
(1) Pinarello SLX
(1) Pinarello SL
(1) Pinarello aluminum
(1) Quattro Assi aluminum team
(1) Trek 560 Reynolds 531
(1) Bob Jackson
(1) Bottechia
(1) Frejus
(2) Ritchey Logics
(1) Bridgestone RB2
(2) Centurions
(1) Orbea TT
(1) Cervelo TT
(1) Bianchi EL/OS
(1) Vitus 979
(1) Torpado chromed, SLX-tubed
(1) Raleigh DS1 (50s era)
(1) Peugeot Mixte (60s era with 650b wheels and 3 speed rear)

MTBs

(1) Raleigh MTB
(1) Fuji MTB
(1) Cannondale MTB
(1) K2 MTB
(1) Kish MTB
(1) Litespeed MTB
(1) Redline Monocog
(1) Specialized Stumpjumper
(1) Specialized FSR
(1) Moots Smoothie Ti
(1) Trek Project One Top Fuel

Most were ridden for a period of time to determine if they would make the cut. Several were/have been owned for many years. A few were just framesets that were never completed for one reason or another and sold on. A number of others were victims of down-sizing purges and were returned to the wild.

Texbike

[merlinmurph]

Road
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Early-mid-70s - Raleigh Super Course (sold)
1977ish - Raleigh International (stolen - that hurt)
1979 - Masi GC (sold to shop owner for...)
1989(?) - Serotta Colorado TG (sold)
1997 - Merlin Road

Mountain
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1988 - Bridgestone MB-3
1994 - Fat Chance Buck Shaver
2003 - Santa Cruz Superlight

'Cross
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2011 - Indy Fab Planet-X (2005ish frame bought used)

[eippo1]

Since 40 years ago today, since I didn't exist before then. This is in order of acquisition.

1977 Big Wheels. got it as soon a my legs reached
1979 Target Dirtbike
1979 2 weeks later Fuji Dirtbike
1982 Ross roadbike w/ turkeylegs
1990 Giant Perigee
1999 Bianchi Alloro
2001 Fuji Superlite Team
2005 IRO Fixie
2010 Tarmac Comp
1976 Fuji Del Rey
1986 Dave Scott Ironman Centurion
2011 Tarmac Pro
2004 Sworks E5
2007 Dean El Diente SL*
2001 Della Santa Corsa Speciale
2007 Bianchi 928L*
2014 Spec. Camber*
2015 Salsa Warbird TI*

*current stable

[quattro]

Fuji Special Road Racer
Trek 1100 Touring bike
Trek 610 Road bike
Peugeot Carbon de Fibre
Specialized E5 Allez Aluminum Zebra frame
Bike Friday Pocket Rocket
Santana Touring 26" Tandem
Serotta SR Steel
Serotta Legend Ti
Fondriest Status Steel
Softride Triathlon
Independent Fabrication Crown Jewel Ti
Independent Fabrications Stainless Steel SSR
Parlee Z1

[wpod]

80's:
Centurion Ironman Expert
KHS Montana
Univega Grizzly
Klein Quantum
Ritchey Team P-21

90's
Specialized Stumpjumper Comp

2000's
DEAN Colonel titanium
Trek 2200
Titus Moto-Lite
Merckx Team SC
Pinarello Vuelta
Serotta Fierte iT

[msl819]

Muddy Fox - MTB (Quickly Outgrown)
Nishiki something or another - Sold
Cannondale M500 - Broke at the chain stay
Giant XTC - Stolen
Diamond Back Podium - Stolen
Litespeed Tanasi - Sold
Quintana Roo Caliente - Sold
Merlin Extralight - Sold
Merckx Corsa 01- Sold
Gunnar Crosshairs - Sold (Only bike i have sold that I wished I still owned)
Independent Fabrication Steel Deluxe - Sold (I lied I wish i still had this too - Darren if you read this tell your brother to sell it back to me)
Serotta CRL - Still have
Zanconato Sold
Moots Smoothie - Sold b/c it was too small but a great bike
Cielo MTB - Traded
Cannondale CAAD 9 - Still Have
Tommassini Super Prestige - Sold
Basso - Sold
Surly Cross Check - Sold
Ritchey Road Logic - Kept Campy group and built for a friend
Serotta CRL - Plans to send off to Eric E. for an additional fork and new paint this winter
Yeti 575 - Traded for the Cielo
Specialized Rock Combo - Sees commuter duty. Not worth much but a great bike.

I think that is all but may have missed one or two. I try to stick to the four bike limit my wife and I have agreed upon.

[PeregrineA1]

1975 – 1979 late 60’s Olmo ten speed road bike, full Campy, the high school bike, stolen at college in CO.
1980-1982 Late 50’s early 60’s Hercules British standard 3 speed, post college commuter
1993-1995 1993 Motiv MtB with a full XTR spec stock, rigid
1995-1997 1995 ProFlex 856, Girvin fork, hydraulic shocks, hydraulic rim brakes
1997-2001 1997 Specialized FSR Comp, Rock Shox SL fork, Fox shock, XT spec
1998-2002 1998 Trek 8500 VW Team Edition, Manitou fork, XTR spec
2001-2002 2001 Gary Fisher Sugar 4, Rock Shox Psylo 20 mm thru axle long travel single crown fork, Cane Creek shock, XT spec
2001-2004 2001 LeMond Buenos Aires
2002-2006 2002 Intense Uzzi SL, Rock Shock Psylo from Sugar, Fox shock, XT spec
2004-2012 2004 Surly 1x1, XT, rigid
2006-current 2006 Turner 5 Spot, Fox, XT Frame broken 2-10-13, part out
2007-current 2007 Kona Unit, Fox, XT
2007-current 2007Scott CR-1 Pro, 105
2009-2013 2009 Trek Madone 4.5, 105
2011 2001 Trek Fuel 80, frame only
2011-current 2011 Surly Long Haul Trucker, stock
2011-current 2011 Trek EX-8, Fox, XT
2011-current mid-60’s Jan deReus road bike
2011-current 1979 Olmo Grand Prix-frame Sell
2011-current 1975 Wizard
2011-current 1980ish Colango Junior Sell
2011-current 1975 Eisentraut Limited 57.5 cm
2011-current 1975 Eisentraut Limited 59 cm
2011-current 1978 Colnago Super
2011-current 1974 Schwinn Deluxe Paramount P15-9
2012-current 1980ish Medici ProStrada-frame, wall hanger
2012-2014 1980 Lotus Excelle
2012-current 1984 Schwinn LeTour Luxe-frame Sell
2012-current 1980 Schwinn World Sport-frame Sell
2013-current ~1980 Fuji ???? frame Sell
2013-current 1991 Ed Litton
2013-current 1982 Trek 614
2013-current 1985 Trek 400 (Carey’s Xmas present)
2014-current 1986 Trek 760
2014-current 1985 Trek 660
2013-current 1990? Trek 800 (Beau)
2014-current 1980 Nishiki International Sell
2014-current 1985? KHS John Howard Turbo Sell
2014-current 198? Bridgestone road Sold
2014-current 198? Bridgestone womens road Sell
2014-current 1997? Trek 2300
2014-present 1975 Masi Gran Criterium
2015-present 1993 Brent Steelman Stage Race SL

[Waldo]

Not playing this game. Too many bikes -- many more than I can justify or should own. And another one just arrived :-)

[regularguy412]

WOW some have had a whole BUNCHA bikes! Me ...... not so many, but here goes:

1985 First 'dedicated' bike - can't remember the name, but it had an old Viscount saddle. It was too big for me, but I rode it until I literally broke the seat tube out of the BB. Had it re-welded and used it for 3 more years as a trainer bike until the BB bearings literally fell out of it on the basement floor.

1988 Cannondale Criterium series (died in a crash with a pickup truck)
1989 Cannondale Criterium series (bought for my then-wife and I eventually ended up with it) Now a trainer bike.
1993 Cannondale 2.8 series ( rain bike )
1996 Serotta TG (also died in a crash with an SUV)
1997 Serotta CSI (frame and fork only now)
2007 Soma Delancey fixed/single speed
2013 Serotta Fondo Ti

Mike in AR