Show me your oldest carbon road bike

[Burnette]

Originally Posted by jamesdak

Well mine was made 20 years ago. But the frame was built up for the first time just a couple of months ago.

1999 Trek Y-Foil. The only full carbon framed bike in my collection.

I have a Trek catalog with that bike, among others, on it. So sweet, I always liked the look of those.

[OtayBW]

Early 90s Kestrel 200 SCi...

[ultraman6970]

I wanted one of those so bad back in the day...!!!

[veggieburger]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

IS that a 650 c40??????

I think the wheels just look smaller b/c of no tires.

[quattro]

Originally Posted by El Chaba

Mid 80's....

I owned one of these Peugeot Fibre de Carbon frames, purchased new in 1986, three main tubes were carbon fiber, aluminum fork, head tube BB shell and rear triangle, total noodle.
Hit by a car in1993, it made out well, only had to replace the fork. I was pretty lucky as I only had minor injuries.

[Spdntrxi]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

This is what im talking about, same that specialized.... no old late 80s kestrels moving around still?

Been after this look for a long time, one day will find one :P amazingly all ive seen is like 56 or 60s or like this one in the picture, never in between

this is a 51... yes hard to find. It's the bike I wanted in high school but could not afford (well I wanted Campy C-Record on it) I could have built this one with C-Record but everyone does that... so Mavic it was. Did EroicaCa in 2018 with it.

Funny you mention the late 80's Kestrel... my college Criterium racing bike is a Kestrel SC200.(Circa 1989). Campy Athena.. some brake parts went missing but other wise wouldn't take much to be ridable.

[93KgBike]

Good design does not go out of style. This 1993 Zipp 2001 is for sale on the bay, and I wanna buy it and hang above my head board.

[tuscanyswe]

Originally Posted by 93KgBike

Good design does not go out of style. This 1993 Zipp 2001 is for sale on the bay, and I wanna buy it and hang above my head board.

Got a friend with one of those tho he converted the dropout to fixed. They are cool bikes

[Remko]

Although both are still in process to build into my final dream machine, these two are my favorites. The Cinetica Giotto by Andrea Cinelli (son of Chino) and my Look KG196 pista/track at the most beautiful carbon vintage bikes I own (for now).

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by ravdg316

Curious about some of you who’ve gotten some longevity out of your carbon frames. Pics and stories please! I’d share myself but ... I’ve never owned carbon and have an irrational fear of it.

I had an irrational fear/bias as well, and some environmental concerns, but curiosity got the better of me.
so i present my oldest carbon frame bike
[IMG]Festka rain by Matt.zilliox, on Flickr[/IMG]

I'm really really glad i took this chance, as its the finest bike i have ridden. my blue Goodrich still holds the top slot for now, but this Festka is better in a lot of ways. It also feels very robust to me, im not worried about it breaking any time soon.

[Mzilliox]

Originally Posted by GonaSovereign

Well-made carbon bikes will last longer than any of us.

This thing has 10 years of solid riding and racing in it. Got new paint a couple years ago. It's a race bike, pretty light, takes 28s, and rides beautifully like a race bike should. The thing did 90 miles of road and gravel on Sunday.

I'm delighted no one bought it when I put it up for sale.

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daaaaang, this was for sale?

[velomateo]

Originally Posted by mtechnica

Here you go, it’s ~ 20 years old and I ride it 3-5 days a week.

Don't want this one to go unloved. Awesome build...what a beauty.

[wallymann]

still waiting to build it up, c-record is what i set aside in the part-box for this project.

[jamesdak]

Well, here's my new (old) carbon fiber bike. A 1998 Y-66 to go along with my NOS 1999 Y-77. This one is geared for fast, flat riding and moves out so well.

Lots of honest paint wear from over the years but everything is working well on it.