Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

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QuangVuong
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Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby QuangVuong » Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:55 pm

Post up your vintage carbon bikes! Decades on they are still going strong. 8)

87 Giant Cadex 980c running Shimano 105SC with 5600 STIs and 5500 RD on FFWD F4R wheels. Weighs in at 9.25kg
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Giant Cadex 980c by Quang.Vuong, on Flickr

89 Centurion Carbon-R running full Shimano 600 on Fulcrum 5 wheels. Weighs in at 9.7kg
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Centurion Carbon-R by Quang.Vuong, on Flickr

Next up will be a Kestrel 4000 at the end of the year.
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby morini » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:32 pm

Carbon??? Is it that time already? They only came out yesterday didn't they? :D :D

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby munga » Thu Jul 11, 2013 4:41 pm

amidoinitrite?

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby morini » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:17 pm

more carbon......... this is getting good. Can we have some real failures next.

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby easybeatle » Thu Jul 11, 2013 6:46 pm

99 CFR One
Ultegra/Tiagra

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby munga » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:20 pm

my old '94 cfr-1
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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby jbchybridrider » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:47 pm

munga wrote:amidoinitrite?

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The thought of riding one of these scares the hell out of me now !

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby GaryF » Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:14 pm

Carbon - they're real diamonds.

Love your 2 unicycle frames munga.

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby hitchhiker » Thu Jul 11, 2013 9:30 pm

Are mountain bikes allowed?

Here is my daily ride, Merida dura carbon 980 with XT group set

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby find_bruce » Fri Jul 12, 2013 9:28 am

Jeez Munga, A frame has some minor separation anxiety & you just keep holding a grudge :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby DavidI » Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:30 pm

find_bruce wrote:Jeez Munga, A frame has some minor separation anxiety & you just keep holding a grudge :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
Actually I think it's now the rider with separation anxiety!

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Re: Retro/Vintage Carbon Appreciation Society

Postby rangersac » Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:31 am

Not mine, but saw it in the bike cage at work this morning.

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Rubbish phone picture, but beyond what you can see it's running a full 600 gruppo.
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