Any road bikes in your stable?
Posted: January 21st, 2011, 10:53 pm
Hey gang,
Just kinda' going along with my other posting about what you ride when it's not your 'Cuda... anyone care to share your road bike (cyclocross too) with the family? As before, pics with a description would be super! (you can copy, edit, and paste using the specs template I used)
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I'll kick this off with my 1989 Schwinn 974... it's been raced, trained on, stolen, recovered, and now customized... allow me to introduce my "METH PEOPLE" road bike. The story is lengthy, so please forgive me
* Please note, I'm not celebrating tweakers and meth heads, in fact I hate them, this is my recovered bike that a tweaker stole. *
The story goes like this... I started road racing juniors back in '86 on a used Cannondale, this 1989 (Klein inspired and licensed) Schwinn 974 was my first legitimate race bike and it's stayed with me through the years as numerous newer bikes have gone away. I love it, it's my baby! A while back at my shop in an industrial complex, "The Shed", a cool work space since I have limited room at the house, it's where I built up and kept my extra bikes. Let me say the meth element has to do with the tweakers that rolled through constantly. One day one of them got brave and grabbed my 974 from inside my shop when I was working. This bike is a rocket and tweakers ride hard, so the bastard was gone. I tried to chase him in my truck but he cut through a neighborhood and disappeared. I'm raging pissed off driving all over now, so I head back to the shop and on my way I see the tweaker's buddy messing with his bike on the side of the road. I roll up on him and start laying into him about his buddy, he started playing dumb... I figured he needed some "encouragement" and he quickly found himself duct taped and sitting next to me in my truck. He still doesn't want to give up his buddy, so I threatened to throw him out of the truck as we're rollin' along. He freaked out because he could see I was serious and he gives me directions to his buddy's sh*thouse. More duct tape for my navigator since I don't know yet if he's telling the truth and I approach the garage. I can hear someone working inside, I look in the window and find the scumbag tearing my baby apart. I lose it and burst in! I grabbed the closest metal object and hit the piece of sh*t upside his head, a few swift kicks for good measure, and I grab my 974 and the parts and head out to my truck. I pull "Mr. Duct Tape" out of the floor of my truck, give him a few lumps to emphasize my seriousness and let him know that my bike is off limits and to spread the word.
To get over my anger that some piece of sh*t had messed with my bike, I decided to go over-the-top in rebuilding it and have some fun. Not long after finishing the build, those two tweakers were roaming through by my shop again, so I rode up and surprised them. I figured I'd jar their memory with a few extra lumps to the dome and while they were thinking it over on the ground, I reminded them that the yellow "Meth People" bike was mine and I'd better not have any problems. After that day, I never saw those two tweakers ever again. I know I made my point because I still keep my 974 by the front door of my shop, tweakers still roll through and look at it but keep walking. I hit one up the other day when I caught him eyeballin' my ride, all he said, "Sorry man, no-no, I heard about you!" Perfect!!!
Specs:
Frame / Size / Year:
Klein design Schwinn 974 58cm 1989
Handlebars / Stem:
3TTT & Controltech
Fork / Headset:
974 custom extruded w/ chrome dropouts & NJS Falcon Tange
Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Custom Dura Ace hub laced w/ black spokes to Mavic CXP21 w/ Michelin tires
Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Custom Dura Ace hub laced w/ black spokes to Mavic CXP21 w/ Michelin tires
Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Dura Ace cranks & Dura Ace B.B.
Saddle / Seat Post:
Koobi Titanium & Sugino post
Pedals / Chain:
Time ATAC & Dura Ace chain
Shifters / Derailers:
Dura Ace 8 speed grouppo
Brakes / Brake Levers:
Campy "Skeleton" calipers & Dura Ace Brifters
Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
9T-21T w/ 53/42 chainrings *** yellow "don't steal" decal on fork leg ***
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Okay, who wants to go next?
Just kinda' going along with my other posting about what you ride when it's not your 'Cuda... anyone care to share your road bike (cyclocross too) with the family? As before, pics with a description would be super! (you can copy, edit, and paste using the specs template I used)
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
I'll kick this off with my 1989 Schwinn 974... it's been raced, trained on, stolen, recovered, and now customized... allow me to introduce my "METH PEOPLE" road bike. The story is lengthy, so please forgive me
* Please note, I'm not celebrating tweakers and meth heads, in fact I hate them, this is my recovered bike that a tweaker stole. *
The story goes like this... I started road racing juniors back in '86 on a used Cannondale, this 1989 (Klein inspired and licensed) Schwinn 974 was my first legitimate race bike and it's stayed with me through the years as numerous newer bikes have gone away. I love it, it's my baby! A while back at my shop in an industrial complex, "The Shed", a cool work space since I have limited room at the house, it's where I built up and kept my extra bikes. Let me say the meth element has to do with the tweakers that rolled through constantly. One day one of them got brave and grabbed my 974 from inside my shop when I was working. This bike is a rocket and tweakers ride hard, so the bastard was gone. I tried to chase him in my truck but he cut through a neighborhood and disappeared. I'm raging pissed off driving all over now, so I head back to the shop and on my way I see the tweaker's buddy messing with his bike on the side of the road. I roll up on him and start laying into him about his buddy, he started playing dumb... I figured he needed some "encouragement" and he quickly found himself duct taped and sitting next to me in my truck. He still doesn't want to give up his buddy, so I threatened to throw him out of the truck as we're rollin' along. He freaked out because he could see I was serious and he gives me directions to his buddy's sh*thouse. More duct tape for my navigator since I don't know yet if he's telling the truth and I approach the garage. I can hear someone working inside, I look in the window and find the scumbag tearing my baby apart. I lose it and burst in! I grabbed the closest metal object and hit the piece of sh*t upside his head, a few swift kicks for good measure, and I grab my 974 and the parts and head out to my truck. I pull "Mr. Duct Tape" out of the floor of my truck, give him a few lumps to emphasize my seriousness and let him know that my bike is off limits and to spread the word.
To get over my anger that some piece of sh*t had messed with my bike, I decided to go over-the-top in rebuilding it and have some fun. Not long after finishing the build, those two tweakers were roaming through by my shop again, so I rode up and surprised them. I figured I'd jar their memory with a few extra lumps to the dome and while they were thinking it over on the ground, I reminded them that the yellow "Meth People" bike was mine and I'd better not have any problems. After that day, I never saw those two tweakers ever again. I know I made my point because I still keep my 974 by the front door of my shop, tweakers still roll through and look at it but keep walking. I hit one up the other day when I caught him eyeballin' my ride, all he said, "Sorry man, no-no, I heard about you!" Perfect!!!
Specs:
Frame / Size / Year:
Klein design Schwinn 974 58cm 1989
Handlebars / Stem:
3TTT & Controltech
Fork / Headset:
974 custom extruded w/ chrome dropouts & NJS Falcon Tange
Front Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Custom Dura Ace hub laced w/ black spokes to Mavic CXP21 w/ Michelin tires
Rear Wheel / Hub / Rim / Tire:
Custom Dura Ace hub laced w/ black spokes to Mavic CXP21 w/ Michelin tires
Crankset / Bottom Bracket:
Dura Ace cranks & Dura Ace B.B.
Saddle / Seat Post:
Koobi Titanium & Sugino post
Pedals / Chain:
Time ATAC & Dura Ace chain
Shifters / Derailers:
Dura Ace 8 speed grouppo
Brakes / Brake Levers:
Campy "Skeleton" calipers & Dura Ace Brifters
Gearing / Chainring / Misc.:
9T-21T w/ 53/42 chainrings *** yellow "don't steal" decal on fork leg ***
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
Okay, who wants to go next?