Chuck's Bikes
If a little bit is good, a WHOLE LOT has got to be JUST GREAT
--Janis Joplin
1992 Serotta Colorado II Coors Light Team Replica.
More photos
here
1973 Grandis Super Leggera - from the original owner
Detail
shots here
1983 Puch Austro-Daimler Inter-10. Back from the dead!
More photos and
the story here
1983 Ross Mt. Whitney
More photos here
1991 Specialized Allez Epic - another bike that I've always
wanted.
More photos here
1989 Cannondale SR800 - The ultimate "Boy Racer" from back then. Good
and stiff, and all Shimano 600 at a great price.
Whoever raced it back then did a great job of stripping the decals and
adding a couple of Shiner Beer decals as well as Racer X, Spaceman
Spiff, and a flaming 8 Ball.
A garage sale find, the tires had rotted off, and the tire bag had a
patch kit with a 1995 date on the sales tag - probably when it was last
hung
up to dry.
1999 Lemond Zurich - 853 Reynolds frame and Calfee carbon/titanium fork.
More
Photos Here
Trek 5200 - 1992, the first year for the OCLV construction and Shimano
600 STI and 8 speed cassettes.
The first two years had that string bean CF fork, which is more than a
little
springy. From the second owner.
1984 Olmo Competition
Detail
shots of the Olmo here
1983 Austro-Daimler SLE - Bought as a bare frame and
assembled from leftover parts. Smoke chrome frame, 531db frame
w/Puch fork.
Detail shots of
the A-D here
Another Raleigh USA, 1984 Racing USA Grand Prix.
Raleigh
USA was operated by Huffy from 1982 to 1985 so is it really a Huffeigh?
Here's a few more
detail photos
Another garage sale frame built back into a bike, this time a 2000
Marin Argenta. Billato built, made in Italy
frame with
beautiful Columbus Zonal tubing and a selection of shed
components. First aluminum bike that I had where I could
understand what the folks that complain about their stiffness were
talking about. I'm not gonna complain though! From the second
owner.
A couple extra photos and label detail
shots.
A week after the Mondia I found this 1985 Raleigh Team USA.
555sl DB tubing and a middle quality bike, but I remember the US Racing
Team Raleighs from '83-'85 and admiring the paint -
from the original owner
1981 Mondia Super, 531 metric tubing, and mostly 1980 Dura Ace
AX components - from the second owner.
Detail shots of
my Mondia.
Two weeks after finding the Dawes, I found this 1987 Mercian at a
garage sale. It had been converted (or built up) to a hybrid and
I changed it back. It's all 531c tube and Shimano 600 components -
from the original owner
Detail shots of my Mercian
A week after I found the TREK below, I found this 1968(?) Dawes
Galaxy. Very original except for the rear wheel and
derailers.
I've built it up pretty stock to celebrate how my
Dawes Galaxy tourer (below) started out. From the original owner.
Detail shots of my Dawes Galaxy
1996 TREK 2100 - Aluminum and carbon bike came to me as a
frame, wheels and a couple of fixings. 600 and Campy
components.. Not
especially light, but a very nice ride.
1985 Cannondale SR500 I'd
never seen a METALLIC PLUM Cannondale before. Suntour Cyclone
derailers and an amazingly clean bike for being 20+ years
old. Looks like it had only had a couple of years of use before I
got it, and
still has the Cannondale "The Aluminum Advantage" handlebars - from the
friend of the original owner.
More Pictures
Here
Cannondale 2.8 R900 (1993). I bought the frame at a garage
sale, and
assembled the rest of the bike from my pile of parts. The bike
weights around 20.6 pounds wet, and is Shimano 600 and Modolo
equipped. From the second owner.
Another "new" bike, this time a 1990 Cannondale ST600 Tourer.
It had been used as a road bike, and I've added the racks and fenders,
upgraded the wheel set, and intend to continue prepping it as a loaded
touring machine -
though I don't know if I'll ever use everything at once! From the
friend of the original owner.
My three 3.0's here
1985 Univega
Gran Sprint - S
Found it at a garage sale, after the previous owner had let the
tires rot off of it. I know why; it came stock with sew-ups,
probably
one
of the last low cost bikes with sew-ups. I redid the wheels with
Mavic aero clincher rims.
Detail shots of my Univega
Wile E.
Guerciotti
1985 Guerciotti.
A quick bike that I use mostly for short rides. I bought it as a
race-retired frame, put it together with shed parts and rode it for
about ten years before finding a Campy Victory group that I've
upgraded it with.
Detail shots of my Guerciotti
An early 70's Eddy Merckx.
This bike was built by Falcon.
I have upgraded it with all sorts of interesting components, including
GB engraved bars, Universal Model 61 center pull brakes, Campy
Valentino
derailers, Modolo
levers, Brooks saddle, Carnielli "cookie cutter"
stem,
Nissi Toro rims, Nervar crank, and even Heuret thumb screw axles and a
latch-clip bottle holder with an aluminum bottle. It's heavy,
but who cares? From the original owner.
Some detail shots of the Merckx
My 1974 Ellis-Briggs.
This was my first quality frame (1987), and is still one of the best
balance of
handling
and comfort of any bike I've ever had.
I've probably put between 30 and 40K miles on it.
This is REAL retro. My 1969(?) Dawes
Galaxy tourer. Everything's been upgraded to mid 80's stuff including
SunTour barends, 600 crank w/Arabesque derailers, Phil Wood hubs, and
Weinmann
concave rims . Latest tour was a overnighter
to Lake Georgetown.
Detail shots of my Dawes Galaxy
1991 Miyata Elevation 5000 that I've built up as my off road tourer.
Detail shots of the Miyata
This is my Columbia
Five Star General. I think that it's circa 1953 from some of the
component
dates. Originally it used 27.5" clincher wheels, and the front wheel
included
a generator hub and the rear had a Brapton three speed. I still have
the
parts, but replaced them with 26" wheels from a Raleigh three speed,
and
used the FRONT brake from the Raleigh too. Really interesting to see an
American company try to meld the Continental three speed technology
into
an American arch frame.
