Who made Panasonic team frames

[Mike Muz]

Morning all ,
Just a quick one for you , so to speak .
Was wondering who made the teams frames in the early '90s . I'm thinking of going down the same red/yellow/blue route with one of my bikes . I seem to remember Brian Rourke/Tunstall Wheelers having the same idea BITD too .

Thanks ,

Mike

 

[Midlife]

Cyfac?

Shaun

 

[john]

Would it not have been Japanese?

 

[Mike Muz]

I wish I could find a picture of one now , can only find pictures / you tube videos of the earlier blue and white bikes :facepalm:
I remember the colour scheme , I'm sure of it :roll:
Am I losing it :shock:

( shuffles away quietly )

Mike

 

[FINNEY1973]

http://panasonicbikemuseum.info/

all you need I hope ...

good choice of colour scheme BTW.

 

[BigFoz]

The museum is a US based entity, and deals with Panasonic bicycles as sold in the US. The Panasonic pro team, used a mix of Raleigh / Colnago / Merckx bikes, mainly Raleigh early on, and Colnago later. In the 90's pretty sure they were on 'nagos.

Per this pic, they were definitely on 'nagos in 1990 - http://bikeraceinfo.com/images-all/phot ... r-eric.jpg

 

[Mike Muz]

Stop teasing !
Van Lancker won the '91 Wincanton Classic just down the road in Brighton, riding for Panasonic Sportlife.
Cheers Finney , it looks good in my head . The only difficulty I see is getting some decent 66/44 or 65/44Cinelli bars along with probably an xa stem. Would prefer a Record but iirc the bars used to slip in those

 

[bugloss]

I think I've got a really nice xa stem that I don't need.

 

[Mike Muz]

Hmmmm ..........

Interesting bugloss , is it silver ? And what is the length ?

BTW I haven't even got the frame yet :roll: , just seen a couple of piccies . So won't know what length stem I'll need 'til I get it and have a measure up .

cheers ,

Mike

 

[bugloss]

Silver, very silver with no marks.


Not sure how long it is, but I'll measure it later when I get in the shed.