Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
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Postby ldrcycles » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:04 pm
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby hazmat5765 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:08 pm
I agree, I`ve had mine for a few years and that's the thing that you feel straight away.
Yours looks like it's got the same 'fastback' seatstays as mine
Good luck with it mate. Rob.
PS mine`s black too.
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby hexrunt » Sat Jan 28, 2012 4:32 pm
Behold the Apollo Tandemania Sport. It's a great machine that manages to turn heads on a regular basis. Rolls like a dream, nice and smooth. Significant changes to it have only been changing the Shimano 'gripshifts' on it over to some (Alivio I think) Shimano rapidfire shifters because of my eternal hatred for all things gripshift. The usual little things... new cables, saddles, grips, the sexy yellow bidons and more recently a pannier rack.
I used to ride an 80's apollo II which I eventually gave to a friend as I wasn't using it. Seeing it about I think sometimes that I miss it but it's better actually getting used than sitting in my garage gathering dust and cobwebs.
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby hazmat5765 » Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:45 pm
Very nice, a fan of tandems myself.hexrunt wrote: Behold the Apollo Tandemania Sport. Rolls like a dream, nice and smooth.
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Postby ldrcycles » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:08 pm
So i'm now after a set of Tange forks, anyone?
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby Rob74 » Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:56 pm
=>> From my "APOLLO NEWS - World of Wheels (WOW) Catalogue, Warren Norris Advertising 984.
APOLLO VI – 12 Speed
Colour: Pearl White
Frame: 019 CrMo double butted frame
Forks: CrMo
Ensemble: Suntour Superbe Pro
Sealed bearing: B.B. Hubs & Pedals
Derailleurs: Superbe
Brake Set: CB3000
Panaracer Leger 230 GSM tubulars
APOLLO V – 12 Speed
Colour: Olympic Gold
Frame: CrMo double butted frame
Forks: CrMo
Ensemble: Shimano 600 Series, brakes, chain wheel set 52/42T, pedals, hubs, derailleurs, free wheel 12-21T.
Panaracer Leger 230 GSM tubulars
Saddle: Kashimax super pro black suede
APOLLO IV – 12 Speed
Colour: Silver/Mink or Flamboyant Red
Frame: Tange CrMo
Forks: CrMo
Rims: 27” black alloy HP wheels with QR Hubs
Derailleurs: Suntour ARX
Cluster: Suntour 13-24T Ultra 6Speed
Brakes: Diacomp GX500N Alloy side pull
Chainwheel Set: Sugino GT Drilled hole 52-40T
APOLLO III – 12 Speed
Colour: Silver/Grey or Metallic Lemon
Frame: Tange CrMo
Forks: Hi Tensile
Rims: 27” alloy HP wheels with QR Hubs
Derailleurs: Suntour ARX
Cluster: Suntour 14-28T Ultra 6Speed
Brakes: Diacomp G500N Alloy side pull
Chainwheel Set: Sugino GT Aero alloy cotterless 52-40T
APOLLO Cutlass – 18Speed
Colour: Champagne or Metallic Light Blue
Frame: Tange CrMo
Forks: Hi Tensile
Rims: 27” alloy HP wheels with QR Hubs
Derailleurs: Suntour ARX-GT
Cluster: Suntour 14-34T Gold 6Speed
Brakes: Diacomp N500 Alloy side pull
Chainwheel Set: Sugino GT Triple Aero 52-42-28T
Rear alloy carrier, many frame braze-ons.
APOLLO II – 12 Speed
Colour: Ice Blue or Black or Red or Peal White
Frame: Tange Hi Tensile Steel
Forks: Hi Tensile
Rims: 27” HP steel wheels with front QR Hub
Derailleurs: Shimano Z503 Series
Cluster: Shimano 14-28T 6Speed Uniglide
Brakes: Diacomp light alloy Alloy side pull with QR. Dual levers and centreon adjuster.
Chainwheel Set: Sugino Alloy Aero No.6 cotterless 52-40T
APOLLO I – 12 Speed
Colour: Apollo Blue or Black or Silver
Frame: Tange Hi Tensile Steel
Forks: Hi Tensile
Rims: 27” HP steel wheels
Derailleurs: Shimano Z501 Series
Cluster: Shimano 14-28T 6Speed
Brakes: Diacomp light alloy Alloy side pull. Dual levers.
Chainwheel Set: Sugino Alloy Aero No.5 cotterless 52-40T
All APOLLO bikes are manufactured and assembled to meet the requirements of Australian Standards AS1927.
APOLLO frames and forks carry a 15 year guarantee
Could you get the Apollo V & Apollo IV in a 25" frame? The Catalogue does not indicate whether this was possible?
(However Catalogue lists Apollo IV & II as available in 19 1/2, 21, 22 1/2, 23 1/2 or 25").
Rob.
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Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
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Postby old al » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:22 pm
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Postby hazmat5765 » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:30 pm
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Postby old al » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:49 pm
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Postby rebelcontender » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:41 pm
Will be kitted out with a spare Nexus 8 I have, a rack and some bags for a daily commuter
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Postby singlespeedscott » Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:51 pm
Nice. I really like the Cascade. What year is it? Is the paint original or did you repainted it. If so where did you get the decals done?old al wrote:Here are a couple of old Apollo's I acquired to practice my restoring on. The mountain bike is (or was ) an Apollo Cascade mountain bike. One of the originals. The road bike is an Apollo 11. The yellow Cascade was brush painted and the blue 11 was rattle canned. Not bad but I still have a lot to learn. I don't restore true to type by the way. Just enjoy "doing them up" as a retirement hobby.
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Postby Paddles » Fri Jun 15, 2012 11:12 am
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/montrose ... 1003354521
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby Rob74 » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:38 pm
Tange 900 cr-mo.
Velocity wheelset
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/bundoora ... 1003416766
for those in Vic
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby Apollo3 » Sat Jun 16, 2012 3:19 pm
My bike mechanic thinks the blue one is an Apollo II due to the components and the weight whereas the yellow one I picked up is lighter but apparently has the wrong brakes on it for a III, the yellow one looks similar to the first bike in this thread and another further down, but the rear cluster only has 5 cogs (10 speed) not 6 (12 speed)
Both have Kuwahara markings on the headstem nuts.
Blue 1982
Yellow 1981
Lots of images here http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h35 ... o%20Bikes/
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Postby hitchhiker » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:32 pm
I think your mechanic might be right. I had an Apollo III for a short while and it looked almost identical to yours, including the brakes. I also recall it had a 5 speed rear cluster, I'll try and dig up some photosApollo3 wrote:I'm after some member assistance identifying these correctly because apparently the decals may be incorrect...
My bike mechanic thinks the blue one is an Apollo II due to the components and the weight whereas the yellow one I picked up is lighter but apparently has the wrong brakes on it for a III, the yellow one looks similar to the first bike in this thread and another further down, but the rear cluster only has 5 cogs (10 speed) not 6 (12 speed)
Both have Kuwahara markings on the headstem nuts.
Blue 1982
Yellow 1981
Lots of images here http://s1105.photobucket.com/albums/h35 ... o%20Bikes/
Back in the '80s I had an Apollo II, my memories are a bit hazy on that one but the blue bike looks like a II to me. Yours seems to be in excellent condition.
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby hitchhiker » Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:40 pm
Here's a picture of the brakeshitchhiker wrote: I think your mechanic might be right. I had an Apollo III for a short while and it looked almost identical to yours, including the brakes. I also recall it had a 5 speed rear cluster, I'll try and dig up some photos
Looks like only 5 cogs in there
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby Apollo3 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:44 am
Thanks HitchHikerhitchhiker wrote:Here's a picture of the brakeshitchhiker wrote: I think your mechanic might be right. I had an Apollo III for a short while and it looked almost identical to yours, including the brakes. I also recall it had a 5 speed rear cluster, I'll try and dig up some photos
Looks like only 5 cogs in there
So I may actually own two Apollo bitsa's!
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby Apollo3 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:28 pm
So true, If I recall correctly there was much hype about centre pull brakes back in the day, so the shop may have suggested those instead of the originals.Paddles wrote:Don't forget that it was fairly normal for bike shops to change out equipment from original spec up until recent years so it could be as it was sold after all.
I plan on making the yellow one into a speedy racer and will leave the blue one as is, what is a good upgrade for the brake levers, I like the ones on the blue bike shown up a bit, I've thought about replacing the SORA brakes on my Giant Defy 2 with Tiagra ones and wondered if the sora would fit on these classics?
I'll do some digging through the site and see what upgrade options I do have.
Thanks for the feedback guys.
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Re: Apollophiles - The Apollo Appreciation Thread
Postby BRLVR.v2 » Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:36 pm
Saw that listing. Looks Acerebelcontender wrote:Picked up today from gumtree.
Will be kitted out with a spare Nexus 8 I have, a rack and some bags for a daily commuter
Can't wait to see finished pics.
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