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A friend is visiting his kids this week a 7 hour drive away. He’s transporting this for me and I’ll see it either tomorrow afternoon or the next day. He wouldn’t accept gas money. So I’ve offered my services to tune up his bikes as payment. Good thing I know a lot more than last summer. I’ve...

A repro poster showed up in the mail today....

I bought the dvd about a month ago and have watched it twice. I don’t remember ever seeing it before. I rather like the movie.

Very few vintage vs. others on my local CL. I don't FB so there are probably quite a bit more. I don't know for sure. But most used bikes get listed there. It seems what mostly resides on CL if it is older are from flippers. The vintage mountain that does show up on CL out does road 2:1 easy...

The ones that are most desirable (by those with deeper pockets than I) are the ones by 3Rensho (master builder Yoshi Konno). Less than 100 built (I think). My apologies for the thread slide away from Vintage Cannondale....

I don't know enough about bicycling/racing to catch those gaffes. How about shoulder rubbing? Is that a thing? No officials to see it happen, but would it?

A red Allez SE. The seller calls it an 85. But I think it's an 84. Serial number starts with "M" and for Miyata built frames that's an 84. From what I read the movie was filmed in 84. So it's kind of more correct. Most folks that I read posts from consider the 85 bike to be it since that's when...

Not an actual movie bike. That would be pretty neat. I saw an old post while searching for the one Costner rode on ebay. Back in ‘14. Probably sold for thousands. I wonder what happened to all the others. Lost to obscurity..

Well I AM…Batman!

My “kids” talked me into it…….;)

Not a word @letsbike . I looked last night and the ad was gone. Might have sold before I messaged? I usually get a “sorry it sold” reply. Would’ve been a nice addition. It’s ok. My collecting has metastasized to some in steel (gasp). A friend is traveling today to visit his kids for a week...

For me the word vintage conjures up a nostalgic feeling. As time passes and decades are measured I find myself from time to time wandering mentally to a place or a feeling. As an American in my fifties I’ve experienced the shifting of products manufactured in the USA to being made elsewhere. My...

To “The Fire Hydrant”! It was my turnaround spot. Today I went further….

No response from the seller. Not surprising. Over the years while connecting with sellers via CL messages to/from quite often end up in the spam folder. I sent another this morning. The price is too good to ignore the bike. Especially if it works as is. One more won’t matter. Does anyone have a...

Ok @black lightning 1987 I gave it 3 days. The ad is still up. I sent a message to the seller. The CL messages can and do quite often get lost. But if he responds I’ll just go have a look. That seat you pictured is a perfect fit to “my vision”. You know that vision. The one that gets in your...

To extend my daydream here is what I found that appeals to my taste.

Wow! That’s a dandy deal for a great looking bike. Looks new. I love the green. It would make a great campground cruiser. I drove five hours for a pair of bikes once. It would have to be something I really wanted to ever do that again. So yes, tough decision for sure. That is a long day.

After perusing the bay @black lightning 1987 a blue saddle would be an expensive proposition if I stayed with the correct vintage. I’ve saved some to my watchlist that are early 2000’s that weren’t crazy expensive. I really should resist the temptation. Unsettling times at the place I earn a...

Thanks @Peat ! Great seller! That is who I bought my BL frame from and too many other bike parts ;) I recently bought a well used BL stem from the seller. It needed a repaint and I botched the prep job. The first coat of paint instantly crazed/orange peeled. I doubled down on stupid and coated...

Yes, yes, if someone else doesn’t buy it soon….. I even forewarned my wife by showing her the pictures and telling her my vision. Which is some incorporation of my school colors since I graduated in 1986. The colors were red, white and blue. Our mascot was/is the Patriots. Red cables, blue bar...