Bike porn

NICE!

The home made aero levers have brake cables routed through the handlebars, not under the bar tape. I made my own and used Cinelli Top 64 factory drilled handlebars, the blue heat treated ones. Which broke. Would not recommend.

This is great! I’ve been looking for a place like this while I was in Japan sooo much! I think this is a Tample but missing it’s pilgrims...

So so into this

who makes it?

who makes it?

United Federation Of Planets ... obvs

Shiite.

Probably right! I told my wife abt it she said it was an ancient spirit or something running the place.

Mark’s light randonneur by Brian Chapman, sur Flickr

Is that a gravelbike?

See Fast Johnny Tomac.

Finally one with matching way round wheel decals.

I forget where I saw it mentioned, but basically yes.

In the early 90's there were a bunch of U.S. companies experimenting to try to find something in between a road and mountain bike. These days they've evolved into the awful garbage we think of as Walmart hybrids, but back then they were essentially monstercross bikes, a decade before that became known as a category of bicycles.

A lot of them had flat bars, but occasionally you'd get one like the above with drops. Trek, GT, Mongoose, AlpineStars, Specialized, and lots of other companies all tried their hand at them. I've got a base-model Trek 700 from the time, and it'll fit 700x45's with plenty of room; the top-of-the-line at the time from Trek was the 7900, which was made of bonded carbon. Really cool bikes.

Rad!

My impression was that the first factory build bikes like that appeared on the market in late 80s. You can see a “hybrid” style steel bikes with canti bosses and 700c wheels in the catalogues of Koga Miyata, Kuwahara. I’d pay a special tribute to a Koga-Miyata 1988 bike called TieBreaker. Aside from two other flat handlebar 700C wheeled bikes that could pass as a early hybrids, this one was designed to carry you and your surfing board from/to you beach house. Loving the idea!

I'd totally believe that the earliest ones were late 80's. An idea before its time, I suppose, now that we're seeing this sort of thing come back in force.

Saddle angle, toe strap too long, period incorrect bidon.

(also quill stem, down tube shifters and old shite)

:-)

Saddle angle, toe strap too long, period incorrect bidon and wheels.
(also quill stem, down tube shifters and old shite)

+1

nah

a big yes for me !

Anti bingo

Gold/White
Colnago
Delta brakes