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

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On the first big steep downhill (Pipeline) we were passed by Tomac - going sideways

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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
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.htmlDespite 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...
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Today:
1991 Pace RC200 F1,1993 Tim Gould team Schwinn replica,1993 Orange Clockwork.Sold or Bitd:
1993 Chas Roberts D.O.G.S. B.O.L.X. 1993 Team Fat Chance Yo-Eddy 1992 Pace Team Issue RC200 F1, Hercules Balmoral 3 speed w knobbly tyres, racer mudguards & cowhorn bars, 1988 & 1990 splatter Kona Cindercones
Wanted - Gold anodised X-Lite/Hope/Pace bits, Giordano Yo Eddy track mitts