Recent content by rickenbiker

I am restoring one of the Gold Medal USSR "Quartetto Sovietico" team bikes from the 100km race in the 1980 Moscow Olympiad. I am in dire need of a Nisi 650 tubular rim, bright polished. Prefer NOS or mint, but willing to look at whatever you may have. Also, anyone having information on...

Thanks, K. I needed that whitey comment... :lol: With winter coming, too...

Unrelieved dull black? Not so beautiful by my standards. Most other carbon Colnagos are prettier, and the steels are the nicest of all...

Har! As you know, (harumphhh...) chainless bikes are nothing new--they go back to the turn of the 20th century, although early ones had all of the nasty bits exposed. I am still researching this thing. Apparently made in Germany in two forms--a soft tail and this hard tail version. The...

Alomst Forgot... Here are photos of the 3 road bikes mentioned in my first post.

New guy, 64 years old tomorrow. 2 Colnagos, late '84 Nuovo Mexico and '94 Super, both acquired in the last 60 days. Also a Fendt Cardano (Chainless) and a Motobecane Mixte from (?) late '40s. In training, haven't ridden seriously since I bought my Schwinn Voyageur 11.8 back in '82...