Tell me about Breezers

[Harryburgundy]

Morning
Can anyone give a brief model history of Breezer cycles....which model names are considered the best/or whats the difference etc.
Thanks, Carl
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[orange71]

Charlie Kelly might be able to help there (Repack Rider).

 

[DM]

Charlie Kelly might be able to help there (Repack Rider).

Joe Breeze might be better
But, admittedly, he doesn't seem to post here.

Breezer now only market "utility" bikes, in line with Joe Breeze's shift from the sports end of things towards advocating bikes for urban transportation.

Re. the "old" Breezers. In short: They were all very nice.

All you could ever want to know, here:
http://www.mombat.org/Breezer.htm

 

[FairfaxPat]

Joe Breeze is an old friend of mine who lives close by, and I have owned several of his bikes over the years. He built the first 10 Breezers for Fairfax guys in the late 70's, most of which are in museums now. Then he hooked up with American Bikes in the 80's and they produced a nice aluminum bike that he designed and sold them for a number of years. In the late 80's he split from them and began producing his own bikes again made out of steel with neat paint jobs that emulated old 30's Schwinns with the white head tube and painted spear points flowing back. These were light steel frames and came in various levels of equipment to meet price points, although the frames were the same. The top model he made in this series was called the Cloud nine and it weighed just 19 pounds, but few were produced. The Lightning was the main top of the line model and not quite as pricey. In 95 the head tube increased to 1 1/8" and in 97 he produced a full sus. bike called the Twister. Afew years later he ceased producing these bikes and came out with a very nice line of commuter bikes which he still makes today.

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[ridevintagemtb]

there's a decent catalog set on mtb-kataloge.de

There's also a user on here from Belgium who has many breezers with nice kits.

Mr. Zero on this site has two very nices ones. Use the search function and find the posts.

The Cloud Nine was my holy grail bike when I was 14. About two years ago I was in Oregon and saw one rusted to a pole outside a coffee shop. Full M900. Hadn't moved in along time. It was horrifying.

 

[crankhead]

wow man, this place is like the fountain of knowledge! someone, somewhere, always has the answers to obscure questions.. quality with a capital K

 

[Harryburgundy]

Thanks to everyone, in particular FairfaxPat, really interesting stuff.
Now of course I really really want one :roll:
All the best, Carl

 

[Old Ned]

I liked the Schwinn style colour schemes he ran with, especially the dark flamboyant red and white. Never had one but would have if the opportunity had arisen.

 

[FirstFlight]

Joe helped us put this together http://mombat.org/Breezer.htm There are also pictures of the Breezers that we have in our collection.

 

[Mr. Zero]

Morning
Can anyone give a brief model history of Breezer cycles....which model names are considered the best/or whats the difference etc.

Here's a link to many of the Breezer catalogs from the 90's which might answer a few of your questions: http://www.mtb-kataloge.de/html/breezer.html

I've always been partial to the early 90's Ritchey Logic tubed bikes versus the later Breezer D'Fusion tubed frames. As a weight weenie I like the lighter weight and ride characteristics of the Ritchey Logic frames. I also felt the modified geometry of the later frames and addition of aluminum into the lineup was a bit of a divergence from Joe's own design principles.