What's the rarest or most obscure bike in your collection?

[dan_hudson]

IF Tandem. Gets very little use these days but can't bring myself to part with it...

[WickedWheels]

I acquired this a while ago and now I'm thinking its time to let it go... this was LeMond's personal bike, the first Merlin Extralight, built for Greg in '91.

[Gummee]

Originally Posted by dan_hudson

IF Tandem. Gets very little use these days but can't bring myself to part with it...

I see that you have the 'happy wife, happy life' suspension seatpost mod

I had to learn that one the hard way

M

[Gummee]

Originally Posted by WickedWheels

I acquired this a while ago and now I'm thinking its time to let it go... this was LeMond's personal bike, the first Merlin Extralight, built for Greg in '91.

Adams Ave bikes in Sandy Eggo had a Mitsubishi Rayon LeMond for sale way back when. Webbed lugs ala Calfee, but it wasn't one (IIRC)

I SO wanted that bike, but couldn't afford it.

M

[Gummee]

My rarest bike isn't so much rare as underappreciated: Giordana TSX I picked up here.

Its been beaten on so isn't worth much. Had it built up with D/A 6sp stuff for a bit.

M

[SlowPokePete]

Ahearne.

November 9, 2023 clean commuter by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr

November 15, 2023 by SPP™ SlowPokePete, on Flickr

SPP

[WickedWheels]

Originally Posted by Gummee

Adams Ave bikes in Sandy Eggo had a Mitsubishi Rayon LeMond for sale way back when. Webbed lugs ala Calfee, but it wasn't one (IIRC)

I SO wanted that bike, but couldn't afford it.

M

That's cool

I want aware of any webbed carbon LeMond other than Calfee

[Hilltopperny]

Current for me is this Search and State edition Mosaic GT-1. This was Justin from Black Oak Velos personal frameset and is 1 of 2 that were done for NAHBS 2020. The other is a desert camo scheme for the guys at Search and State. Crazy paint job and I am unsure which fork is on it, but it has some different touches and details than the others I have had on high end builds.

I am still awaiting some different wheels and need to cut/internally route the rear brake line and find some different bar tape. Going to do all that this coming week!

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[ltwtsculler91]

Originally Posted by Hilltopperny

Current for me is this Search and State edition Mosaic GT-1. This was Justin from Black Oak Velos personal frameset and is 1 of 2 that were done for NAHBS 2020. The other is a desert camo scheme for the guys at Search and State. Crazy paint job and I am unsure which fork is on it, but it has some different touches and details than the others I have had on high end builds.

I am still awaiting some different wheels and need to cut/internally route the rear brake line and find some different bar tape. Going to do all that this coming week!

Still excited that you got this one, you're going to love it! The fork is an Enve AR/Allroad fork, just painted. There are a bunch of us with similar bikes (minus the paint) around here near Greenwich, and I want to say it's 1 of 4-6 total with different camo paint jobs. I know one of the guys has a black one and another white camo base, but don't have the SAS logo with the oak leaf.

As for my rare bike, it's my Fabrica Strada SL. 1 of 6 we got at Cyclesport for the GS Park Ridge team to race on, and 1 of 8 I believe that they made in total. It was a custom Columbus Life super light tube set with some really nice stainless details for the FD clamp, brake clamp, and CNCed dropouts they made.

It's a steel bike that built up at 15.5 lbs in it's current race ready form, with nothing exotic other than the EE brakes

[JLQ]

Oh man that IF tandem is something else. Sure don't see those everyday!

[zero85ZEN]

This is incredibly cool! Wow!

Originally Posted by WickedWheels

I acquired this a while ago and now I'm thinking its time to let it go... this was LeMond's personal bike, the first Merlin Extralight, built for Greg in '91.

[foggypeake]

My Bishop from NAHBS in 2018.

[obrentharris]

DiNucci







Brent

[weisan]

What's the rarest or most obscure bike in your collection?

Not sure if it's really that rare or obscure but the reason I kept it even though it's not my size is because it's a very versatile bike to loan out to out-of-town friends when they are visiting especially folks who are on the taller side, for folks who ride a smaller size bike (anything 54cm or smaller), I got them covered with my other bikes.

[foggypeake]

Originally Posted by obrentharris

DiNucci







Brent

That's a beautiful machine.

When we went to NAHBS in 2015 I got the chance to talk to Mark DiNucci and he was just a really down-to-earth nice guy. You'd never know that he was one of most accomplished framebuilders in North America.