So - I got THAT itch in my fingers again, and despite having my Giant MCM 990 still to build up (now sold to Italy so I can fund this build), I decided to get myself a long-term project - long-term meaning that I want to have it ready for Iconoclassic 2018
As a few may have seen in another thread, BITD I won a magazine comp (Mountain Biker), so myself and a mate got to stay with the Ritchey/Scott/Schwinn (+ Caroline Alexander) team for the '93 Plymouth WC race, hanging at the hotel, eating with them, helping prep bikes and even riding their bikes. On the training day, we rode the course with Tim Gould, Mike Kloser, World Champ Henrik Djernis and Thomas Frischnekt. We both virtually popped our lungs trying to keep up :shock: !
On the first big steep downhill (Pipeline) we were passed by Tomac - going sideways
!
On raceday we hung out in the team tent, and then went out on course with the team manager Simon Burney and Caroline (after she'd raced), and handed out water bottles and swapped dusty sun glasses for Tim and Co.
At the end of the weekend we each got given Team Ritchey/Schwinn jerseys and shorts and some T-shirts (still have the Schwinn jersey), and I also have Mike Kloser's signed race number.
My mate John broke his collar bone in a bikepark some years later, and the medics cut off his jersey - he was not a happy chap :cry:
schwinn jersey by Bollox2u, on Flickr
Tim wasn't sponsored by X-Lite, I added that patch later.
Grundig93 Mike Kloser number by Bollox2u, on Flickr
Grundig93 Team Ritchey_Schwinn by Bollox2u, on Flickr
The Team bikes were actually Paramount Team frames - painted in Schwinn colours.
Paramount was to Schwinn what Infiniti is to Nissan
http://bikecatalogs.org/SCHWINN/1993/Pa ... m_MTB.html
Despite what the "idol card" shows, Tim rode Scott Unishocks for the '93 race, so I will be looking for a pair of them, plus a Ritchey seatpost and stem, XTR bits-n bobs, Scott AT-2 handlebars, Ritchey Vantage Pro rims (black), and other stuff I am not sure of yet, as I can't find that many Photos of his bike from that day.
If anyone has photo's of any of the Schwinn team from '93 - please post them here.
I have some from the race and the team hotel/service, which I'll post later on.
SO anyway - I just bought this off Fleabay;
s-l1600 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
schwinn1 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
s-l1602 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
s-l1606 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
s-l1608 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
Now I just need to keep my fingers crossed that the frame crosses the Atlantic unscathed...
As a few may have seen in another thread, BITD I won a magazine comp (Mountain Biker), so myself and a mate got to stay with the Ritchey/Scott/Schwinn (+ Caroline Alexander) team for the '93 Plymouth WC race, hanging at the hotel, eating with them, helping prep bikes and even riding their bikes. On the training day, we rode the course with Tim Gould, Mike Kloser, World Champ Henrik Djernis and Thomas Frischnekt. We both virtually popped our lungs trying to keep up :shock: !
On the first big steep downhill (Pipeline) we were passed by Tomac - going sideways
!On raceday we hung out in the team tent, and then went out on course with the team manager Simon Burney and Caroline (after she'd raced), and handed out water bottles and swapped dusty sun glasses for Tim and Co.
At the end of the weekend we each got given Team Ritchey/Schwinn jerseys and shorts and some T-shirts (still have the Schwinn jersey), and I also have Mike Kloser's signed race number.
My mate John broke his collar bone in a bikepark some years later, and the medics cut off his jersey - he was not a happy chap :cry:
schwinn jersey by Bollox2u, on FlickrTim wasn't sponsored by X-Lite, I added that patch later.
Grundig93 Mike Kloser number by Bollox2u, on Flickr
Grundig93 Team Ritchey_Schwinn by Bollox2u, on FlickrThe Team bikes were actually Paramount Team frames - painted in Schwinn colours.
Paramount was to Schwinn what Infiniti is to Nissan
http://bikecatalogs.org/SCHWINN/1993/Pa ... m_MTB.html
Despite what the "idol card" shows, Tim rode Scott Unishocks for the '93 race, so I will be looking for a pair of them, plus a Ritchey seatpost and stem, XTR bits-n bobs, Scott AT-2 handlebars, Ritchey Vantage Pro rims (black), and other stuff I am not sure of yet, as I can't find that many Photos of his bike from that day.
If anyone has photo's of any of the Schwinn team from '93 - please post them here.
I have some from the race and the team hotel/service, which I'll post later on.
SO anyway - I just bought this off Fleabay;
s-l1600 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
schwinn1 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
s-l1602 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
s-l1606 by Bollox2u, on Flickr
s-l1608 by Bollox2u, on FlickrNow I just need to keep my fingers crossed that the frame crosses the Atlantic unscathed...
