Alexi Grewal Serotta Coors Light 91 bike

[Mike V]

Very cool bike. I remember seeing him race on this bike. He always had some interesting bike because of a back injury he had.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/33556277800...mis&media=COPY

[bigbill]

Looks like a Clark-Kent with Serotta paint.

[chismog]

Originally Posted by bigbill

Looks like a Clark-Kent with Serotta paint.

It's a Serotta thru and thru. Dave Kirk built that!

That said, what a weird bike.

[Nomadmax]

Starting price seems reasonable considering it's a race ridden bike of a men's Olympic gold medal winner.

[54ny77]

whatever happened to him? i remember reading a decade or so ago about lot of post-cycling life & career challenges.

[Nomadmax]

Originally Posted by 54ny77

whatever happened to him? i remember reading a decade or so ago about lot of post-cycling life & career challenges.

Last I heard he was living in Colorado building handmade furniture.

[KJMUNC]

Wow, very cool bike....takes me back to the Coors/Serotta frame I found in an Austin backyard shed that Dave believed was also Alexi's, but pre-car crash (which he now owns again).

Nice piece of cycling history but seems like an awfully optimistic asking price.

[David Kirk]

It's fun to see that bike again. They were such a PITA to build if for no other reason that they didn't fit on our jigs and fixtures. Some parts of the build needed to be done free-hand with a straight edge and some string. The bottom bracket shell had a portion of it removed to allow the rear tire to protrude into that space. As I recall the chainstays were 36.0 cm.

I built 2 or 3 of these before Alexi switched to a Softride system and I needed to build softride versions of this frame. Those builds too so much time. One of the Coors Light softride bikes broke a number of years ago and it was sent to me for repair. That was a fun walk down memory lane!

I was in touch with Alexi a number of years ago after he started riding again after many years off the bike. Last I heard he'd married a woman from India and I think he moved there to be with her. I hope he's well. Life has been a real challenge for him and I hope he has found some peace.

If money was no object I'd buy this bike just to hang it up in the shop.

dave

[fa63]

I wouldn't mind pitching in a few bucks for it to go to a deserving home

Originally Posted by David Kirk

If money was no object I'd buy this bike just to hang it up in the shop.

[echelon_john]

Wonder if it’s the same one I saw him ride up Mt Evans!? 1992 I think. Wish I still had that purple fleece…

[9tubes]

I see the geometry has the rear wheel pushed forward, plus the saddle is on a zero-setback seatpost, plus the saddle is pushed forward on its rails, plus a long stem. The handling must be...interesting, I'll go with interesting.

[echelon_john]

I had a Clark • Kent with the same curved seat tube/short stay approach but in a 63cm that was a complete turd. The front derailleur brazeon was way out of spec for any derailleur and it was just a terrible bike. Looked cool, though, and CK was a hot brand for about a minute and a half in 1992. Iirc I bought it on impulse and canceled the order I’d placed for a landshark. Wish I’d stuck with the shark…

Originally Posted by 9tubes

I see the geometry has the rear wheel pushed forward, plus the saddle is on a zero-setback seatpost, plus the saddle is pushed forward on its rails, plus a long stem. The handling must be...interesting, I'll go with interesting.

[redir]

Originally Posted by echelon_john

Wonder if it’s the same one I saw him ride up Mt Evans!? 1992 I think. Wish I still had that purple fleece…

IT sure does look like it!

[wallymann]

Bike in question

[nickl]

A more interesting discussion would be what happened to the Pinarello Alexi rode to the Olympic gold medal.